You could live on a farm out in the middle of nowhere, and you still need an alarm system on your house. Rural properties would be a smart place for criminals to hit. The reason being now is that many rural property owners travel to cities to work every day. Not that long ago everyone out in the country worked the land. Your workplace was right outside your door. We live in such an area and went to https://homesecurity911.com/adt/nebraska/o/omaha/ to get our home security system.
I was convinced that out here either us or our neighbors would notice strange vehicles or odd things going on at each others homes at odd times. However, that was not the case. We were home when our closest neighbor got burglarized. I did not notice anything.