Total Crime Rate

87.6 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 87.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.5 4/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Algernon Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Melton Newport , and the 42nd 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 Algernon Road (LE13 1DW) in the last 12 months was 87.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.4% higher than the Melton Newport average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Algernon Road (LE13 1DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rutland Street, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bentley Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Algernon Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bentley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckmill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rutland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rutland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Algernon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bentley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rutland Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenslade —
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenslade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Greenslade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Beckmill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beckmill Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rutland Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Bentley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bentley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bentley Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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