Oakham is a Rutland town where farms, trades and professional practices share the local economy. We provide rural patrols, key holding, alarm response and CCTV for premises in and around Oakham.
Trusted Protection in Oakham
Oakham's business life reflects its county. Rutland has 1,935 registered firms, and agriculture accounts for 10.6% of them, more than double the 4.5% share across Great Britain. In town, Pillings Road Ind. Est., Glebe Works and Station Approach hold workshops and trade counters, while Rutland Memorial Hospital and Oakham station sit close by. Around 17 pubs, bars and clubs serve the evening. Security here tends to mean patrols, alarms and cameras rather than large static teams.
Oakham Business Profile
Professional services form Rutland's largest group with 330 firms, ahead of construction on 220 and agriculture on 205. Farming's outsized share points to rural mobile patrols and solar CCTV towers that watch yards, barns and machinery overnight. Accountants, surveyors and other practices in town are better served by key holding and alarm response, so a keyholder attends rather than a director.
Property businesses make up 5.7% of the county register, slightly above the 4.7% national figure, and need void property protection and vacant building inspections. Whatever the job, officers we send are SIA-licensed, BS 7858 vetted and employed through PAYE, with GPS book-on and a digital patrol report filed to our 24/7 control room.
Sources: Go Security officer network (counts rounded to the nearest 5); ONS UK Business Counts via Nomis; place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Updated October 2026.
Security Requirements in Oakham
The 5km map around Oakham is short and specific: three industrial sites, one hospital, one railway station and a single mapped construction site. There is no retail park or shopping centre listed, so shops are independent premises rather than a managed mall with its own guards.
That makes each business responsible for its own security. POD intruder alarms, monitored CCTV and a reliable keyholder cover most needs, with patrols added for outlying farms.
Services in Oakham
These services suit Oakham's farms, workshops, offices and shops, from rural patrols to alarm response and key holding.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk lists 738 offences within one mile of Oakham for September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences made up 237, roughly a third. Shoplifting followed on 120, about 16%, then anti-social behaviour at 111, criminal damage and arson at 65 and public order at 63. Overall, the last three months were 9% below the same months a year earlier. For independent shops, that shoplifting share makes CCTV and staff support worth considering; for yards, alarms help against damage.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Leicestershire Police's Oakham Town and Barleythorpe team is focusing on anti-social behaviour through visible patrols, tackling drug supply and use, and improving road safety.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Oakham.
Areas We Cover Near Oakham
We also work in Uppingham, 6 miles from Oakham, Melton Mowbray at 9 miles and Stamford around 10 miles away.
Postcodes We Cover in Oakham
The 6 postcode districts nearest central Oakham, covering parts of Harborough, Melton, North Northamptonshire, Rutland, Peterborough, South Kesteven, Charnwood and Rushcliffe.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Oakham Security FAQs
Yes. Agriculture accounts for 205 Rutland businesses, or 10.6% of the register. Our rural mobile patrols visit at varied times, and solar CCTV towers can cover remote yards, with footage monitored through an NSI Gold accredited monitoring centre.
Professional services make up 330 of the county's 1,935 firms. We hold keys securely, attend alarm activations and lock up or unlock premises, so owners are not called out at night.
The Oakham Town and Barleythorpe team lists anti-social behaviour, drug supply and use, and road safety. Businesses can support that work with CCTV and incident logs that can be shared when needed.
Police.uk recorded 120 shoplifting offences within a mile over the year, the second-largest category. Monitored cameras, POD intruder alarms and trained retail officers at busy times can help independent shops.
Property firms are 5.7% of the county register, above the national 4.7%. We carry out vacant building inspections, fit alarms and provide void property protection for landlords and agents.
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