Rural England
Victims of crime
Key points
- Overall, the risk of being burgled for those living in rural areas is just over half that for those living in urban areas. This ratio is similar for all housing tenures and for all levels of household income.
- For both rural and urban areas, households in rented accommodation are much more likely to be burgled than owner-occupiers.
- Apart from those on very low incomes, the risk of rural households being burgled is similar at all levels of income.
- See the UK indicator on victims of crime.
Graph 1: By tenure
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Graph 2: By household income
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Rural/urban ratios (urban = 10)
On most poverty and social exclusion indicators, rural areas have 'better scores' than urban areas. The purpose of the table below is to differentiate between those subjects where rural areas are 'a bit better' and those where rural areas are 'a lot better'. It does so by presenting the rural statistics for the indicator as a proportion of the urban statistics. So, for example, a rural 'score' of 6 in the table below means that the rural statistic is around 60% of its urban equivalent.
Graph 1
| Housing tenure | Proportion of households burgled in the previous year |
|---|---|
| All households | 6 |
| Owner occupiers | 6 |
| Private renters | 6 |
| Social renters | 6 |
Graph 2
| Annual household income | Proportion of households burgled in the previous year |
|---|---|
| less than £5K pa | 5 |
| £5-10K pa | 6 |
| £10-15K pa | 6 |
| £15-20K pa | 6 |
| £20K or over pa | 6 |
Definitions and data sources
The indicator
Both graphs show the proportion of households reporting that they were burgled in the previous year, with the first graph being by housing tenure and the second graph by level of household income. Note that the household incomes are actual incomes and that they have no been adjusted to reflect household size and composition.
Level of the data
Small area urban/rural classifications using the government's 2004 classification system for small areas). Rural areas are those classified as 'small town and fringe', 'village' and 'hamlet and isolated dwellings'.
Source
British Crime Survey, Home Office. To improve its statistical reliability, the data is the average for the latest three years.
The numbers
Graph 1
| Housing tenure | Proportion of households burgled in the previous year | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural | Urban | |
| All households | 2% | 3% |
| Owner occupiers | 1% | 2% |
| Private renters | 2% | 4% |
| Social renters | 3% | 4% |
Graph 2
| Annual household income | Proportion of households burgled in the previous year | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural | Urban | |
| less than £5K pa | 2% | 5% |
| £5-10K pa | 2% | 3% |
| £10-15K pa | 2% | 3% |
| £15-20K pa | 2% | 3% |
| £20K or over pa | 2% | 3% |