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Organised Crime: Rural Areas

Commons · Question 29291 · Tabled 11 Sep 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Patrick Spencer

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which organised criminal groups are responsible for rural crime affecting farms and agricultural businesses.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 15 Sep 2026

Rural crime is not recorded as a distinct category within police recorded crime and it is therefore not possible to produce a single, centrally verified assessment of the extent to which organised criminal groups are responsible for rural crime affecting ...