Crime in Melton district: statistics, rates and trends
3,600 crimes were recorded in Melton district in the 12 months to August 2026, 66.6 per 1,000 residents. That is lower than the England and Wales rate of 96.7, and down 8% on the year before.
Table of Contents
- Crime map
- Crime in Melton district at a glance
- Crime trends in Melton district
- Types of crime in Melton district
- Home Office recorded crime in Melton district
- Melton district compared with nearby districts
- Areas within Melton district
- Streets with the most crime in Melton district
- What happened after crimes were reported in Melton district
- Demographics of Melton district
- Fly-tipping in Melton
- Questions about crime in Melton district
- About this data
Crime map
Violence and sexual offences (1,330), anti-social behaviour (464) and shoplifting (434) made up 62% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 234th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lowest quarter.
| Measure | Melton district | Leicestershire | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimes, the 12 months to August 2026 | 3,600 | 51,097 | 5,618,064 |
| Crimes per 1,000 residents | 66.6 | 68.5 | 96.7 |
| Change on previous 12 months | -8% | -2% | -1% |
| Population | 54,052 | 745,573 | 58,127,638 |
Recorded crime in Melton district peaked in the year to August 2022 (4,222 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2018 (3,191). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 13%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.
| Period | Crimes | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year to August 2026 | 3,600 | 66.6 | 96.7 |
| Year to August 2025 | 3,920 | 72.5 | 97.2 |
| Year to August 2024 | 3,574 | 66.1 | 97.9 |
| Year to August 2023 | 3,792 | 70.2 | n/a |
| Year to August 2022 | 4,222 | 78.1 | 102.0 |
| Year to August 2021 | 3,430 | 63.5 | 101.4 |
| Year to August 2020 | 3,390 | 62.7 | 102.7 |
| Year to August 2019 | 3,257 | 60.3 | 101.7 |
| Year to August 2018 | 3,191 | 59.0 | 100.8 |
Month by month
| Month | Crimes |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 333 |
| July 2026 | 339 |
| June 2026 | 372 |
| May 2026 | 330 |
| April 2026 | 282 |
| March 2026 | 271 |
| February 2026 | 222 |
| January 2026 | 297 |
| December 2025 | 271 |
| November 2025 | 297 |
| October 2025 | 291 |
| September 2025 | 295 |
No category with at least 20 crimes was notably above the England and Wales rate, and theft from the person (76% below) and vehicle crime (45% below) were well below it. On the year before, shoplifting rose from 283 to 434, while burglary fell from 220 to 138 and public order fell from 352 to 222.
| Crime type | Crimes | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 | Change on year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,330 | 24.6 | 34.2 | -8% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 464 | 8.6 | 15.4 | -7% |
| Shoplifting | 434 | 8.0 | 8.5 | +53% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 357 | 6.6 | 6.7 | -4% |
| Other theft | 252 | 4.7 | 6.4 | -8% |
| Public order | 222 | 4.1 | 6.7 | -37% |
| Vehicle crime | 148 | 2.7 | 5.0 | -27% |
| Burglary | 138 | 2.6 | 3.6 | -37% |
| Drugs | 106 | 2.0 | 3.3 | -3% |
| Other crime | 74 | 1.4 | 2.1 | -18% |
| Possession of weapons | 32 | 0.6 | 1.0 | +3% |
| Theft from the person | 22 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 15 | 0.3 | 0.8 | n/a |
| Robbery | 6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | n/a |
What each category covers: crime categories.
3,072 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Melton district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 56.8 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was down 9% on the year ending March 2025 (3,387), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Melton district had the 68th lowest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).
Of the crimes recorded in the Leicestershire Police area in the year ending March 2026, 1.7% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Melton district is a slight undercount.
Offences recorded in Melton district, the year ending March 2026
The largest category was violence without injury, with 420 offences (14% of the total). No category with at least 20 offences had a rate a quarter or more above the England and Wales rate. Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for possession of drugs (0.39 times), trafficking of drugs (0.44 times) and residential burglary (0.52 times).
The largest falls were in non-residential burglary (−42%) and residential burglary (−38%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).
| Offence | Offences | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 | Index (E&W = 1.00) | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence without injury | 420 | 7.8 | 13.2 | 0.59 | +6% |
| Stalking and harassment | 416 | 7.7 | 10.1 | 0.76 | −11% |
| Shoplifting | 368 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 0.84 | – |
| Violence with injury | 360 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 0.82 | −18% |
| Criminal damage | 319 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 0.86 | −12% |
| Public order offences | 265 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 0.70 | −27% |
| Other theft offences | 245 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 0.69 | −5% |
| Vehicle offences | 148 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 0.54 | −23% |
| Other sexual offences | 100 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.81 | +1% |
| Miscellaneous crimes against society | 77 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.68 | −19% |
| Residential burglary | 70 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.52 | −38% |
| Non-residential burglary | 56 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.93 | −42% |
| Possession of drugs | 52 | 0.96 | 2.5 | 0.39 | −10% |
| Rape | 50 | 0.93 | 1.2 | 0.77 | +6% |
| Trafficking of drugs | 28 | 0.52 | 1.2 | 0.44 | −20% |
| Possession of weapons | 28 | 0.52 | 1.00 | 0.52 | −10% |
| Arson | 23 | 0.43 | 0.38 | 1.12 | +64% |
| Bicycle theft | 18 | 0.33 | 0.85 | 0.39 | +100% |
| Theft from the person | 17 | 0.31 | 1.8 | 0.18 | −48% |
| Robbery of personal property | 9 | 0.17 | 0.91 | 0.18 | −18% |
| Death or serious injury caused by unlawful driving | 2 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1.06 | −33% |
| Robbery of business property | 1 | 0.02 | 0.47 | 0.04 | – |
| Homicide | 0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | – |
Recorded crime in Melton district since the year ending March 2023
The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2023 to 2026. Melton district's rate was below the England and Wales rate in every one of those 4 years. The series starts in the year ending March 2023 because the share of crimes in the Leicestershire Police area not assigned to a district moved from 2.4% in the year ending March 2022 to 1.2% in the year ending March 2023, which changes district totals without any change in crime.
Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).
| Year ending March | Offences | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3,072 | 56.8 | 83.2 |
| 2025 | 3,387 | 62.7 | 84.5 |
| 2024 | 3,398 | 62.9 | 86.2 |
| 2023 | 3,835 | 71.0 | 89.2 |
Districts in the Leicestershire Police area, the year ending March 2026
Of the 9 districts in the Leicestershire Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Melton district had the 4th lowest rate.
| District | Offences | Per 1,000 | Index (E&W = 1.00) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | 42,724 | 110.0 | 1.32 |
| Charnwood | 12,795 | 67.9 | 0.82 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 6,940 | 59.5 | 0.71 |
| North West Leicestershire | 6,626 | 59.2 | 0.71 |
| Blaby | 6,404 | 59.2 | 0.71 |
| Melton | 3,072 | 56.8 | 0.68 |
| Oadby and Wigston | 3,305 | 53.6 | 0.64 |
| Harborough | 4,648 | 44.4 | 0.53 |
| Rutland | 1,765 | 42.6 | 0.51 |
Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.
5 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Melton district; the highest is Nottingham district (157.2 per 1,000) and the lowest Rutland (47.1).
| District | Crimes | Per 1,000 | Rate vs Melton district |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rushcliffe | 6,970 | 55.0 | -17% |
| Rutland | 1,950 | 47.1 | -29% |
| Charnwood | 15,129 | 80.3 | +21% |
| Leicester | 47,488 | 122.3 | +84% |
| South Kesteven | 11,005 | 74.8 | +12% |
| Oadby and Wigston | 3,776 | 61.2 | -8% |
| Nottingham | 52,029 | 157.2 | +136% |
| Gedling | 8,303 | 69.1 | +4% |
Of the 21 areas within Melton district, Melton Craven had the highest crime rate (123.5 per 1,000) and Wymondham the lowest (36.6), 3 times apart.
| Area | Type | Population | Crimes | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melton Craven | Neighbourhood | 3,716 | 459 | 123.5 |
| Melton Warwick | Neighbourhood | 3,684 | 344 | 93.4 |
| Melton Dorian | Neighbourhood | 6,048 | 540 | 89.3 |
| Melton Egerton | Neighbourhood | 4,163 | 360 | 86.5 |
| Melton Mowbray | Town | 28,953 | 2,391 | 82.6 |
| Croxton Kerrial | Neighbourhood | 1,896 | 134 | 70.7 |
| Melton Newport | Neighbourhood | 5,646 | 367 | 65.0 |
| Old Dalby | Neighbourhood | 2,042 | 128 | 62.7 |
| Melton Sysonby | Neighbourhood | 5,696 | 321 | 56.4 |
| Asfordby | Neighbourhood | 3,891 | 218 | 56.0 |
| Somerby | Town | 1,815 | 96 | 52.9 |
| Long Clawson and Stathern | Neighbourhood | 4,196 | 187 | 44.6 |
| Bottesford | Town | 3,984 | 176 | 44.2 |
| Asfordby | Town | 1,989 | 76 | 38.2 |
| Waltham-on-the-Wolds | Neighbourhood | 1,859 | 70 | 37.7 |
| Great Dalby | Town | 1,716 | 64 | 37.3 |
| Gaddesby | Neighbourhood | 1,716 | 64 | 37.3 |
| Frisby on the Wreake | Town | 2,060 | 76 | 36.9 |
| Frisby-on-the-Wreake | Neighbourhood | 2,060 | 76 | 36.9 |
| Wymondham (Melton) | Town | 1,640 | 60 | 36.6 |
| Wymondham | Neighbourhood | 1,640 | 60 | 36.6 |
The 10 locations below account for 24% of the crime recorded in Melton district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Petrol Station” (243).
| Location | Crimes |
|---|---|
| On or near Petrol Station | 243 |
| On or near Parking Area | 168 |
| On or near Supermarket | 80 |
| On or near Main Street | 74 |
| On or near Nightclub | 70 |
| On or near Sports/Recreation Area | 57 |
| On or near Cottesmore Avenue | 51 |
| On or near A606 | 44 |
| On or near Bentley Street | 44 |
| On or near Market Place | 43 |
Of the 3,136 crimes in Melton district with a recorded outcome, 34% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 6.9% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 464 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.
| Outcome | Crimes | Share | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investigation complete; no suspect identified | 1,081 | 34.5% | 35.3% |
| Unable to prosecute suspect | 1,009 | 32.2% | 34.5% |
| Under investigation | 290 | 9.2% | 11.5% |
| Awaiting court outcome | 216 | 6.9% | 5.2% |
| Court result unavailable | 148 | 4.7% | 2.5% |
| Local resolution | 100 | 3.2% | 3.1% |
| Action to be taken by another organisation | 86 | 2.7% | 1.3% |
| Status update unavailable | 72 | 2.3% | 4.7% |
| Formal action is not in the public interest | 57 | 1.8% | 0.3% |
| Further action is not in the public interest | 36 | 1.1% | 0.3% |
| Further investigation is not in the public interest | 22 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Offender given a caution | 19 | 0.6% | 0.6% |
Melton district has an estimated population of 54,052 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer households without a car (13%, against 23%), fewer students (4.7%, against 7.9%) and less social housing (11%, against 17%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Melton district average decile 6.6 (1 = most deprived), less deprived than average.
| Measure | Melton district | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Aged 0 to 15 | 17.0% | 18.3% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24.1% | 18.9% |
| Residents 16+ in work | 59.3% | 57.2% |
| Residents 16+ unemployed | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Residents 16+ retired | 27.1% | 21.6% |
| Residents 16+ who are students | 4.7% | 7.9% |
| Residents 16+ with Level 4 qualifications or above (degree, HND and similar) | 31.1% | 33.8% |
| Residents 16+ with no qualifications | 16.4% | 18.2% |
| Households with no car or van | 13.1% | 23.3% |
| Homes owned outright or with a mortgage | 72.0% | 62.5% |
| Social rented homes | 10.7% | 17.1% |
| Private rented homes | 17.2% | 20.3% |
| Average deprivation decile (1 = most deprived, 10 = least) | 6.6 | 5.5 (England) |
536 fly-tipping incidents were recorded in Melton in 2024/25 (9.9 per 1,000 residents, against 21.1 across the councils in England that count all incidents), according to the council's return to Defra. Fly-tipping is not in the police figures on this page: fly-tipping in Melton has the council's figures by place, type of waste and size, and its enforcement actions and fines.
Is Melton district a safe place to live?
Melton district recorded 66.6 crimes per 1,000 residents in the 12 months to August 2026, lower than the England and Wales rate of 96.7, and ranks 234th of the 302 districts on this site by crime rate (1 = highest).
What is the most common crime in Melton district?
Violence and sexual offences was the most common category, with 1,330 reports in the 12 months to August 2026, followed by anti-social behaviour (464).
Is crime in Melton district going up or down?
Recorded crime in Melton district was down 8% on the year before: 3,600 crimes in the 12 months to August 2026 against 3,920 in the previous 12 months.
What is the population of Melton district?
About 54,052 people (ONS mid-2024 estimate), 24% of them aged 65 or over (England and Wales: 19%).
Which police force covers Melton district?
Melton district is policed by Leicestershire.
How many crimes did the police record in Melton district in the year ending March 2026?
3,072 crimes, excluding fraud, in the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics: 56.8 per 1,000 residents, against 83.2 across England and Wales. In the year ending March 2025 the figure was 3,387.
Which offences are more common in Melton district than across England and Wales?
None: no category with at least 20 offences had a rate a quarter or more above the England and Wales rate in the year ending March 2026. The largest category was violence without injury (420).
Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.