Growing concern about increasing rural crime

The following article was recently published by NFU Mutual concerning the increase in rural crime:

http://www.nfumutual.co.uk/about/media-centre/key-information/campaigns/rural-crime.htm

People living in towns and cities often think they are the only people effected by theft and vandalism.  However, this article shows that crime is actually everywhere!  To combat crime, many farm and rural home owners have looked closely at the entrance to their property and have installed a variety of electric gate systems to deter criminals as they realise that a manual gate is likely to be left open or can be easily opened by theives.