Total Crime Rate

857.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 857.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 226.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 142.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 115.4 9/10
  • Public order 96.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 92.3 10/10
  • Burglary 61.5 10/10
  • Other theft 46.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.1 10/10
  • Drugs 19.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 15.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Other 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

High 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 0TX) 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 0TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 63 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.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Shoplifting A606 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Market Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Soho Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Soho Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leicester Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A606 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A606
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherrard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherrard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sherrard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sherrard Street

Data Sources

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