Total Crime Rate

33.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 33.6 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Willow Drive area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Melton Newport , and the 74th lowest crime rate of 190 local areas in Melton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Willow Drive (LE13 1UA) in the last 12 months was 33.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.2% lower than the Melton Newport average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willow Drive (LE13 1UA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stanley Street, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wycliffe Avenue (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Willow Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Algernon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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