Politicians urged to do more to tackle rural crime

Politicians have been called on to do more to tackle rural crime after a national survey revealed a huge increase in the cost of crime in the countryside.
The survey, the biggest of its kind ever carried out, was conducted among 17,000 people living and working in rural areas throughout England and Wales.
It found that the cost of crime in rural areas could exceed £800 million, 21 times more than the previous estimate.
Julia Mulligan, chair of the National Rural Crime Network, told The Ranger that politicians needed to do far more to protect farmers and other people living in the countryside.