Rural Action Crime Week 2025: Giving a Voice to Countryside Communities
This week marks Rural Crime Action Week 2025, a national campaign highlighting the impact of crime in countryside communities and encouraging greater focus on rural safety and security.
Covering the largest geographical area in England and Wales, the Dyfed-Powys area is home to cast rural and farming communities who can often face unique challenges when it comes to crime, policing and access to services.
Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn is reaffirming his commitment to listening to the concerns of rural residents and working with partners to make countryside communities safer.
Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn said: “Rural Crime Action Week is an important reminder that people living and working in rural areas must be equally protected, supported and heard. I’m proud to represent one of the most rural parts of the UK, and I remain committed to ensuring that the needs of our farming and countryside communities are fully reflected in our policing priorities.”
The Dyfed-Powys Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner is currently supporting a Rural Crime Survey, led by Aberystwyth University, to better understand the specific issues facing rural communities and inform future partnership work.
Residents across the Dyfed-Powys area are encouraged to take part and have their say before the survey closes on Sunday 22 September 2025.
Complete the Rural Crime Survey
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Article Date: 08/09/2025