Total Crime Rate

62.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 62.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.2 6/10
  • Burglary 13.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.2 3/10
  • Other theft 9.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Melbourne Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ellistown & Battleflat , and the 136th highest crime rate of 322 local areas in North West Leicestershire .

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 Melbourne Road (LE67 6NP) in the last 12 months was 62.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.8% lower than the Ellistown & Battleflat average (87.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melbourne Road (LE67 6NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swifts Close, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Melbourne Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beech Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swifts Close Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other crime Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swifts Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swifts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swifts Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swifts Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Melbourne Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melbourne Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Willow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Park Under investigation
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Data Sources

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