Total Crime Rate

349.2 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 349.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 116.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 58.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 37.0 8/10
  • Public order 31.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.5 8/10
  • Drugs 26.5 10/10
  • Other theft 15.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.9 10/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.3 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle 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

Bentley Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Melton Craven , and the 5th highest crime rate of 190 local areas in Melton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bentley Street (LE13 1LY) in the last 12 months was 349.2 per 1,000 residents and was 97.2% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 164.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bentley Street (LE13 1LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rutland Street, where police recorded 95 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 Bentley Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherrard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenslade
Sep 2025Public order Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Windsor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Windsor Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Rutland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Rutland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rutland Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rutland Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bentley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Burton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bentley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Bentley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bentley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sherrard Street
Sep 2025Other theft Sherrard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherrard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bentley Street

Data Sources

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