Crime Rates at Buttercup Close, Mountsorrel, Loughborough, LE12 7GL

Buttercup Close area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Mountsorrel , and the 207th lowest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Buttercup Close (LE12 7GL) in the last 12 months was 36.8 per 1,000 residents and was 35.8% lower than the Mountsorrel average (57.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buttercup Close (LE12 7GL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leicester Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.