Total Crime Rate

84.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.6 4/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Petersfield Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Melton Dorian , and the 44th 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 Petersfield Road (LE13 0UE) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 42.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Petersfield Road (LE13 0UE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cottesmore Avenue (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Petersfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Springfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brookfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rudbeck Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Stirling Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stirling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottesmore Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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