Total Crime Rate

264.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

95.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 264.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 95.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 79.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.5 9/10
  • Drugs 26.5 10/10
  • Public order 26.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.2 9/10
  • Other theft 15.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

New Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Melton Craven , and the 8th highest crime rate of 188 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 New Street (LE13 1NE) in the last 12 months was 264.6 per 1,000 residents and was 92.8% higher than the Melton Craven average (137.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Street (LE13 1NE), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in New Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/52)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leicester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bentley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bentley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Windsor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs King Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beckmill Lane —
Apr 2026Public order Beckmill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Beckmill Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beckmill Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beckmill Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Elms Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rutland Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sherrard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sherrard Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sherrard Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sherrard Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Soho Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Soho Street —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Laycock Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bentley Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rutland Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Rutland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leicester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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