Total Crime Rate
857.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Melton Craven , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 190 local areas in Melton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (LE13 0TT) in the last 12 months was 857.7 per 1,000 residents and was 384.3% higher than the Melton Craven average (177.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 338.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (LE13 0TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Melton Craven| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wilton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Windsor Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Soho Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Leicester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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