Introduction -- Aim, scope and book structure -- Crime and safety in rural areas -- Definitions, theory, and research making -- Trends and patterns of crime -- Rural-urban crime trends in an international perspective -- The geography of property and violent crime in sweden -- Perceived safety in rural areas -- The nature of perceived safety in rural areas -- Perceived safety in swedish rural areas -- Crime in a rural context -- Farm crimes and environmental and wildlife offences -- Youth in rural areas -- Violence against women in rural communities -- Policing and crime prevention in rural Sweden -- Police, rural policing and community safety -- Prevention of farm crimes and crimes against nature -- Crime prevention in rural areas : youth-related challenges -- Challenges to preventing women abuse in rural communities -- The difference that rural makes -- Lessons from rural Sweden and looking ahead.