Ms Laura Starnes:

It was the case that people who had been victims of crime were very keen to respond. It was an online survey, a crime survey among farmers. Farmers would generally not be too crazy about going online to complete surveys but they did engage with it. We were very happy with the amount of respondents we got. Thankfully, as the Deputy said, there seems to be a much lower incidence of crimes such as assault. However, it is these types of crimes that cause a huge amount of fear in communities. If someone in a county is assaulted in his or her own home, that will have a widespread effect on the entire area. There may not be as many instances of such crime, but it causes a much greater fear factor in the local community.