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Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews has unveiled a new funding opportunity giving communities a frontline role in tackling rural crime.

As the nation looks ahead to Rural Crime Action Week (8-12 September), the Commissioner said the first round of his new Community Action Programme (CAP) was solely focused on protecting residents and livelihoods from rural criminality.

Rural crime remains a significant concern across the force area with offences such as machinery and plant theft, livestock worrying and fly-tipping impacting farms, rural businesses and quality of life, and costing the economy millions of pounds every year.

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https://www.leics.pcc.police.uk/News-and-Events/News-Archive/2025/PR-947.aspx

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