Total Crime Rate
546.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Snow Hill area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Melton Newport , and the 4th 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 Snow Hill (LE13 1PD) in the last 12 months was 546.0 per 1,000 residents and was 562.9% higher than the Melton Newport average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 243.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Snow Hill (LE13 1PD), 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.
View Crime In Melton Newport| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rutland Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenslade | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rosebery Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Windsor Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rutland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rutland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rutland Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherrard Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sherrard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherrard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherrard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckmill Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Beckmill Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rosebery Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgin Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bentley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bentley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bentley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bentley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bentley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greenslade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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