Crime Rates at Sutton Close, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5WT

Sutton Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Oadby Brocks Hill , and the 18th highest crime rate of 178 local areas in Oadby and Wigston .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sutton Close (LE2 5WT) in the last 12 months was 141.7 per 1,000 residents and was 135.3% higher than the Oadby Brocks Hill average (60.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -3.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sutton Close (LE2 5WT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fenton Close, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Howdon Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.