Crime Rate in Oakham South, ward

Oakham South has the 6th highest crime rate of 15 wards in Rutland district and the 1929th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 185th lowest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Oakham South in the last 12 months was 43.2 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower than the Rutland district average (47.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Oakham South’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -53.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Oakham South ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 40 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around The Sidings (15 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.