Total Crime Rate

12.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 12.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Vehicle crime 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 lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ellistown & Battleflat , and the 20th lowest 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 6NR) in the last 12 months was 12.3 per 1,000 residents and was 86.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 4.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melbourne Road (LE67 6NR), 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 (13 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Stonebridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melbourne Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mary Close —
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Penistone Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swifts Close Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Farley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Farley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Farley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pike Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Willow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beech Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swifts Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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