Total Crime Rate
51.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Melrose Avenue area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bletchley Park , and the 349th lowest crime rate of 852 local areas in Milton Keynes .
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 Melrose Avenue (MK3 6PR) in the last 12 months was 51.0 per 1,000 residents and was 33.8% lower than the Bletchley Park average (76.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Melrose Avenue (MK3 6PR), the main crime hotspot is near Sinclair Court. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Milton Keynes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Top Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sinclair Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Banburies Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Groveway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Banburies Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Banburies Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northampton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Banburies Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chertsey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sinclair Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spenlows Road | Under investigation |
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