Stealing in the NI countryside has close to HALVED in a decade, says report
Whilst there has also been a reduction in such crimes in towns and cities, the fall has not been nearly as dramatic.
The report has been compiled from a number of data sources by the Department of Agriculture, the Environment and Rural Affairs.
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Hide AdIt shows that in 2010/11 there were almost 30,600 thefts, robberies, and burglaries in urban areas.
By 2019/20, this had fallen to just under 24,500.
But in rural areas, the drop was much sharper – in 2010/11, there were just over 9,200 such crimes in the countryside.
And by 2019/20 this had plunged to 5,300 – a drop of about 42%.
The report also states that urban residents are more than twice as likely to experience acts of vandalism compared to rural ones,
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Hide AdThey are also over three times more likely to experience domestic burglary – and more than five times as likely to experience violent crime.
In all, 19% of all police-recorded offences occurred in rural areas.
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