Crime Statistics for Coston, Melton, Leicestershire, 2024

Crime statistics for Coston, Melton

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in in January 2024. The largest category was Violent Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Coston, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime2
All Crime2

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Coston. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Coston

We've taken the ten nearest places to Coston and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Coston has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Colsterworth (5.11 miles)10
North Witham (5 miles)3
Coston2
Market Overton (4.48 miles)1
Buckminster (1.86 miles)0
Saltby (2.56 miles)0
Eye (2.69 miles)0
Edmondthorpe (3.17 miles)0
Sproxton (1.39 miles)0
Stainby (3.72 miles)0

3.9%
of Croxton Kerrial residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Coston?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Coston and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Coston2
Colsterworth1
North Witham1
Market Overton0
Buckminster0
Saltby0
Eye0
Edmondthorpe0
Sproxton0
Stainby0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Coston?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Coston to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Coston compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Coston and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Coston is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Melton Warwick61
2Melton Egerton61
3Melton Craven44
4Melton Newport32
5Waltham-on-the-Wolds28
6Melton Dorian27
7Croxton Kerrial20
8Gaddesby12
9Wymondham2
10Whissendine1
11Cottesmore1

Which road in Coston has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Coston with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around The Green.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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