Total Crime Rate

51.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 51.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.2 3/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Park Avenue area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Melton Dorian , and the 80th highest crime rate of 190 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 Park Avenue (LE13 0JB) in the last 12 months was 51.5 per 1,000 residents and was 42.0% lower than the Melton Dorian average (88.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 15.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Avenue (LE13 0JB), the main crime hotspot is near Cottesmore Avenue. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Park Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottesmore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Stirling Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rudbeck Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A6006 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A6006
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Egerton View
Sep 2025Drugs Egerton View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stirling Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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