Total Crime Rate

127.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 127.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.7 9/10
  • Burglary 11.1 9/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Buttermere 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.

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Crime Over Time in Buttermere Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Valiant Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Lake Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lake Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lake Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton View Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Egerton View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxbow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Oxbow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oxbow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oxbow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Egerton View
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victor Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victor Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lake Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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