Total Crime Rate
127.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Buttermere Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Melton Dorian , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 190 local areas in Melton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Buttermere Close (LE13 0LT) in the last 12 months was 127.8 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% higher than the Melton Dorian average (88.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buttermere Close (LE13 0LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxbow Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Melton Dorian| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Valiant Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lake Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lake Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lake Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Egerton View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxbow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Oxbow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oxbow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oxbow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Egerton View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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