Statistics: Rural crime

This publication gives an indication of how many incidences of crime occur in a particular area. The rate of crime is used rather than the number of offences, as it takes into account the difference in population sizes for all settlement types. People living in urban areas are more likely to experience crime than people from rural areas.

Metadata

Data Source: Office for National Statistics, Recorded crime data at Community Safety Partnership / Local Authority level from 2002/03’ – Supplementary Excel tables to ‘Crime Statistics, period ending March 2013.

Indicators:

• police recorded violence against the person offences per 1,000 population
• police recorded sexual offences per 1,000 population
• police recorded robbery offences per 1,000 population
• police recorded domestic burglary offences per 1,000 households
• police recorded vehicles offences per 1,000 population

Coverage: England

Rural definition used: Local Authority Rural Urban Classification

Next release date: 2013/14 data to be published Summer 2014