Total Crime Rate

83.6 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 83.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Other theft 10.9 8/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Thorpe Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Melton Newport , and the 46th 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 Thorpe Road (LE13 1SQ) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.6% higher than the Melton Newport average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thorpe Road (LE13 1SQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thorpe Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stafford Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thorpe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copley Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Drugs Thorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Algernon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copley Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copley Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richard Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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