Crime in Rutland: statistics, rates and trends
1,950 crimes were recorded in Rutland in the 12 months to August 2026, 47.1 per 1,000 residents. That is lower than the England and Wales rate of 96.7, and almost unchanged on the year before.
Table of Contents
- Crime map
- Crime in Rutland at a glance
- Crime trends in Rutland
- Types of crime in Rutland
- Home Office recorded crime in Rutland
- Rutland compared with nearby districts
- Areas within Rutland
- Streets with the most crime in Rutland
- What happened after crimes were reported in Rutland
- Demographics of Rutland
- Fly-tipping in Rutland
- Questions about crime in Rutland
- About this data
Crime map
Violence and sexual offences (701), anti-social behaviour (219) and criminal damage and arson (178) made up 56% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 294th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lowest tenth.
| Measure | Rutland | East Midlands | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimes, the 12 months to August 2026 | 1,950 | 475,616 | 5,618,064 |
| Crimes per 1,000 residents | 47.1 | 93.9 | 96.7 |
| Change on previous 12 months | +1% | +1% | -1% |
| Population | 41,443 | 5,063,164 | 58,127,638 |
Recorded crime in Rutland peaked in the year to August 2022 (2,055 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2018 (1,556). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 25%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.
| Period | Crimes | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year to August 2026 | 1,950 | 47.1 | 96.7 |
| Year to August 2025 | 1,933 | 46.6 | 97.2 |
| Year to August 2024 | 1,898 | 45.8 | 97.9 |
| Year to August 2023 | 1,843 | 44.5 | n/a |
| Year to August 2022 | 2,055 | 49.6 | 102.0 |
| Year to August 2021 | 1,678 | 40.5 | 101.4 |
| Year to August 2020 | 1,637 | 39.5 | 102.7 |
| Year to August 2019 | 1,854 | 44.7 | 101.7 |
| Year to August 2018 | 1,556 | 37.5 | 100.8 |
Month by month
| Month | Crimes |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 173 |
| July 2026 | 177 |
| June 2026 | 176 |
| May 2026 | 191 |
| April 2026 | 117 |
| March 2026 | 145 |
| February 2026 | 166 |
| January 2026 | 165 |
| December 2025 | 158 |
| November 2025 | 146 |
| October 2025 | 167 |
| September 2025 | 169 |
No category with at least 20 crimes was notably above the England and Wales rate, and anti-social behaviour (66% below) and drugs (63% below) were well below it. On the year before, public order rose from 126 to 162 and shoplifting rose from 115 to 138, while other crime fell from 79 to 67.
| Crime type | Crimes | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 | Change on year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 701 | 16.9 | 34.2 | -2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 219 | 5.3 | 15.4 | -3% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 178 | 4.3 | 6.7 | +9% |
| Public order | 162 | 3.9 | 6.7 | +29% |
| Vehicle crime | 148 | 3.6 | 5.0 | +1% |
| Other theft | 147 | 3.5 | 6.4 | -10% |
| Shoplifting | 138 | 3.3 | 8.5 | +20% |
| Burglary | 100 | 2.4 | 3.6 | -13% |
| Other crime | 67 | 1.6 | 2.1 | -15% |
| Drugs | 50 | 1.2 | 3.3 | +6% |
| Possession of weapons | 20 | 0.5 | 1.0 | n/a |
| Theft from the person | 11 | 0.3 | 1.7 | n/a |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | n/a |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.1 | 1.4 | n/a |
What each category covers: crime categories.
1,765 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Rutland in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 42.6 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was up 7% on the year ending March 2025 (1,650), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Rutland had the 10th lowest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).
Of the crimes recorded in the Leicestershire Police area in the year ending March 2026, 1.7% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Rutland is a slight undercount.
Offences recorded in Rutland, the year ending March 2026
The largest category was stalking and harassment, with 248 offences (14% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for arson (1.4 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for shoplifting (0.38 times), violence without injury (0.39 times) and public order offences (0.46 times).
The largest rises on the year were in vehicle offences (+40%) and other sexual offences (+35%). The largest falls were in other theft offences (−16%) and criminal damage (−15%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).
| Offence | Offences | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 | Index (E&W = 1.00) | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stalking and harassment | 248 | 6.0 | 10.1 | 0.59 | +13% |
| Violence without injury | 216 | 5.2 | 13.2 | 0.39 | +26% |
| Violence with injury | 214 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 0.63 | −9% |
| Vehicle offences | 165 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 0.79 | +40% |
| Other theft offences | 151 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 0.56 | −16% |
| Criminal damage | 143 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 0.50 | −15% |
| Public order offences | 133 | 3.2 | 7.0 | 0.46 | +1% |
| Shoplifting | 127 | 3.1 | 8.1 | 0.38 | – |
| Residential burglary | 68 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.66 | −6% |
| Other sexual offences | 65 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.69 | +35% |
| Miscellaneous crimes against society | 56 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.64 | −12% |
| Non-residential burglary | 46 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.99 | +10% |
| Trafficking of drugs | 26 | 0.63 | 1.2 | 0.53 | −4% |
| Rape | 26 | 0.63 | 1.2 | 0.52 | +62% |
| Arson | 22 | 0.53 | 0.38 | 1.40 | +22% |
| Possession of drugs | 19 | 0.46 | 2.5 | 0.18 | −24% |
| Theft from the person | 17 | 0.41 | 1.8 | 0.23 | +240% |
| Possession of weapons | 13 | 0.31 | 1.00 | 0.32 | +44% |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 0.14 | 0.85 | 0.17 | −33% |
| Robbery of personal property | 4 | 0.10 | 0.91 | 0.11 | +100% |
| Robbery of business property | 0 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.00 | – |
| Death or serious injury caused by unlawful driving | 0 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | −100% |
| Homicide | 0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | – |
Recorded crime in Rutland since the year ending March 2023
The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2023 to 2026. Rutland's rate was below the England and Wales rate in every one of those 4 years. The series starts in the year ending March 2023 because the share of crimes in the Leicestershire Police area not assigned to a district moved from 2.4% in the year ending March 2022 to 1.2% in the year ending March 2023, which changes district totals without any change in crime.
Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).
| Year ending March | Offences | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,765 | 42.6 | 83.2 |
| 2025 | 1,650 | 39.8 | 84.5 |
| 2024 | 1,779 | 42.9 | 86.2 |
| 2023 | 1,887 | 45.5 | 89.2 |
Districts in the Leicestershire Police area, the year ending March 2026
Of the 9 districts in the Leicestershire Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Rutland had the lowest rate.
| District | Offences | Per 1,000 | Index (E&W = 1.00) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | 42,724 | 110.0 | 1.32 |
| Charnwood | 12,795 | 67.9 | 0.82 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 6,940 | 59.5 | 0.71 |
| North West Leicestershire | 6,626 | 59.2 | 0.71 |
| Blaby | 6,404 | 59.2 | 0.71 |
| Melton | 3,072 | 56.8 | 0.68 |
| Oadby and Wigston | 3,305 | 53.6 | 0.64 |
| Harborough | 4,648 | 44.4 | 0.53 |
| Rutland | 1,765 | 42.6 | 0.51 |
Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.
Every one of the 8 nearest districts has a higher crime rate than Rutland.
| District | Crimes | Per 1,000 | Rate vs Rutland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melton | 3,600 | 66.6 | +42% |
| South Kesteven | 11,005 | 74.8 | +59% |
| Oadby and Wigston | 3,776 | 61.2 | +30% |
| Peterborough | 28,159 | 125.9 | +168% |
| Harborough | 5,417 | 51.7 | +10% |
| Leicester | 47,488 | 122.3 | +160% |
| North Northamptonshire | 32,796 | 87.7 | +86% |
| Charnwood | 15,129 | 80.3 | +71% |
Of the 23 areas within Rutland, Greetham had the highest crime rate (82.6 per 1,000) and Cottesmore the lowest (18.4), 4 times apart.
| Area | Type | Population | Crimes | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greetham | Neighbourhood | 2,410 | 199 | 82.6 |
| Oakham North East | Neighbourhood | 2,970 | 243 | 81.8 |
| Empingham | Town | 1,432 | 96 | 67.0 |
| Oakham North West | Neighbourhood | 2,821 | 182 | 64.5 |
| Uppingham | Town | 4,744 | 298 | 62.8 |
| Oakham | Town | 12,093 | 687 | 56.8 |
| Exton | Neighbourhood | 1,374 | 74 | 53.9 |
| Barleythorpe | Town | 1,550 | 79 | 51.0 |
| Normanton | Neighbourhood | 3,082 | 146 | 47.4 |
| Barleythorpe | Neighbourhood | 3,018 | 141 | 46.7 |
| Wing (Rutland) | Town | 1,192 | 55 | 46.1 |
| Oakham South | Neighbourhood | 4,834 | 200 | 41.4 |
| Braunston & Martinsthorpe | Neighbourhood | 2,410 | 88 | 36.5 |
| Ketton | Town | 1,214 | 43 | 35.4 |
| Lyddington | Neighbourhood | 1,334 | 45 | 33.7 |
| Ryhall & Casterton | Neighbourhood | 2,927 | 98 | 33.5 |
| Ketton | Neighbourhood | 2,859 | 94 | 32.9 |
| Langham (Rutland) | Town | 1,379 | 42 | 30.5 |
| Langham | Neighbourhood | 1,379 | 42 | 30.5 |
| North Luffenham | Town | 1,650 | 50 | 30.3 |
| Whissendine | Town | 1,303 | 27 | 20.7 |
| Greetham | Town | 3,978 | 73 | 18.4 |
| Cottesmore | Neighbourhood | 3,978 | 73 | 18.4 |
The 10 locations below account for 29% of the crime recorded in Rutland over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Stocken Hall Mews” (154).
| Location | Crimes |
|---|---|
| On or near Stocken Hall Mews | 154 |
| On or near Parking Area | 91 |
| On or near Supermarket | 84 |
| On or near Petrol Station | 66 |
| On or near Shopping Area | 50 |
| On or near Main Street | 33 |
| On or near Great North Road | 24 |
| On or near Graffham Drive | 23 |
| On or near Stamford Road | 23 |
| On or near A6003 | 22 |
Of the 1,731 crimes in Rutland with a recorded outcome, 40% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 4.4% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 219 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.
| Outcome | Crimes | Share | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investigation complete; no suspect identified | 690 | 39.9% | 35.3% |
| Unable to prosecute suspect | 484 | 28.0% | 34.5% |
| Under investigation | 169 | 9.8% | 11.5% |
| Action to be taken by another organisation | 127 | 7.3% | 1.3% |
| Awaiting court outcome | 76 | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Status update unavailable | 57 | 3.3% | 4.7% |
| Local resolution | 52 | 3.0% | 3.1% |
| Court result unavailable | 28 | 1.6% | 2.5% |
| Formal action is not in the public interest | 21 | 1.2% | 0.3% |
| Further action is not in the public interest | 13 | 0.8% | 0.3% |
| Further investigation is not in the public interest | 7 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Offender given a caution | 7 | 0.4% | 0.6% |
Rutland has an estimated population of 41,443 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer households without a car (10%, against 23%), an older population (26%, against 19%) and less social housing (11%, against 17%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Rutland average decile 7.9 (1 = most deprived), less deprived than average.
| Measure | Rutland | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Aged 0 to 15 | 15.7% | 18.3% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26.4% | 18.9% |
| Residents 16+ in work | 54.8% | 57.2% |
| Residents 16+ unemployed | 1.9% | 3.4% |
| Residents 16+ retired | 28.4% | 21.6% |
| Residents 16+ who are students | 6.1% | 7.9% |
| Residents 16+ with Level 4 qualifications or above (degree, HND and similar) | 37.9% | 33.8% |
| Residents 16+ with no qualifications | 13.1% | 18.2% |
| Households with no car or van | 10.3% | 23.3% |
| Homes owned outright or with a mortgage | 72.3% | 62.5% |
| Social rented homes | 10.9% | 17.1% |
| Private rented homes | 16.7% | 20.3% |
| Average deprivation decile (1 = most deprived, 10 = least) | 7.9 | 5.5 (England) |
215 fly-tipping incidents were recorded in Rutland in 2024/25 (5.2 per 1,000 residents, against 21.1 across the councils in England that count all incidents), according to the council's return to Defra. Fly-tipping is not in the police figures on this page: fly-tipping in Rutland has the council's figures by place, type of waste and size, and its enforcement actions and fines.
Is Rutland a safe place to live?
Rutland recorded 47.1 crimes per 1,000 residents in the 12 months to August 2026, lower than the England and Wales rate of 96.7, and ranks 294th of the 302 districts on this site by crime rate (1 = highest).
What is the most common crime in Rutland?
Violence and sexual offences was the most common category, with 701 reports in the 12 months to August 2026, followed by anti-social behaviour (219).
Is crime in Rutland going up or down?
Recorded crime in Rutland was almost unchanged on the year before: 1,950 crimes in the 12 months to August 2026 against 1,933 in the previous 12 months.
What is the population of Rutland?
About 41,443 people (ONS mid-2024 estimate), 26% of them aged 65 or over (England and Wales: 19%).
Which police force covers Rutland?
Rutland is policed by Leicestershire.
How many crimes did the police record in Rutland in the year ending March 2026?
1,765 crimes, excluding fraud, in the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics: 42.6 per 1,000 residents, against 83.2 across England and Wales. In the year ending March 2025 the figure was 1,650.
Which offences are more common in Rutland than across England and Wales?
Relative to the national rate, the most over-represented categories in the year ending March 2026 were arson (22 offences, 1.4 times the England and Wales rate).
Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.