Melton Area Guide | £260k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Melton

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
51,736
Households
22,576
Crimes · Jun '26
315
22,576
Households
White Brit. · 93%
Ethnicity
Christian · 54%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
315
Crimes · Jun '26
£259,705
Median property price
£718
Median rent
1,592
Postcodes
22,576
Households
White Brit. · 93%
Ethnicity
Christian · 54%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
315
Crimes · Jun '26
£259,705
Median property price
£718
Median rent
1,592
Postcodes

Sold prices in Melton

England & Wales
Property sales · Melton
HM Land Registry · Melton
Average price
£308,288
YoY: -4.1%
Median price: £261,327
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 30 sales · avg £301,206
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£387k£322k£258k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Melton

England & Wales
Crime trends · Melton

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
112
YoY +14%
12410279
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
34
YoY +26%
623916
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
16
YoY —
28176
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
6
YoY —
26154
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
18
YoY stable
32219
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Other Theft
44
YoY +91%
44244
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Shoplifting
32
YoY +88%
41259
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving · other theft up sharply · asb rising

315
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Melton

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Leicestershire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Melton is the district council. School applications go through Leicestershire.

Apply for a primary place via Leicestershire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Transport in Melton

Melton Mowbray is a 43-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 3.4 km

  • Melton Mowbray

    Rail

    3.4 km
  • Oakham

    Rail

    16.3 km
  • Sileby

    Rail

    17.1 km
  • Syston

    Rail

    17.6 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, tram, and ferry only

Amenities in Melton

GPs make up most of the mapped places

5 GPs · 2 Libraries · 1 Hospitals · 9 in all

  • GPs5
  • Libraries2
  • Hospitals1
  • Museums1

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Melton

Median private rent

£718/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£546
1 bed
£718
2 bed
£882
3 bed
£1,345
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Melton

Coordinates52.7916, -0.8767
Postcodes
1,592
Population (Census)
51,736
Households (Census)
22,576
Recorded crime · Jun '26
315

Demographics in Melton

Ethnicity

Total residents: 51,736
White Brit.92.9%
Other White3.4%
+ other · 3.7%

Religion

Total residents: 51,747
Christian53.7%
No religion39.3%
Not answered5.5%
+ other · 1.5%

Age groups

Total residents: 51,736
50–6423.4%
35–4917.3%
65–7412.9%
25–3410.7%
75–847.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.1%

Households

Total households: 22,576
Married or civil partnership couple: No children14.3%
Other14.2%
Any member 66+14.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.5%
All members 66+12.9%
+ 7 other households · 31.2%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Melton

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 6.53 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.53 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).