Total Crime Rate
65.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lancaster Walk area has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Melton Dorian , and the 50th highest crime rate of 188 local areas in Melton .
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 Lancaster Walk (LE13 0GH) in the last 12 months was 65.5 per 1,000 residents and was 22.5% lower than the Melton Dorian average (84.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lancaster Walk (LE13 0GH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 109 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxbow Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Melton Dorian| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valiant Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buttermere Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ambleside Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ambleside Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ambleside Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Terrace | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lake Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lake Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxbow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxbow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxbow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxbow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxbow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxbow Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Halifax Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Halifax Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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