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 ...