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The countryside remains a safer, more secure place than towns – but with some types of crime, the gap is narrowing.

Rural people are less at risk from violence and vehicle-related theft than those in towns.

But these categories make up a higher proportion of the countryside's overall crime.

Anti-social behaviour is becoming a growing menace, and fear of crime – now proportionately higher in rural areas than in towns – can in itself be damaging.

Graph showing trends of recorded crimes in rural and urban England between 2001 and 2003 for a variety of offences. Source: Countryside Agency
 

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