Melton Mowbray South

Melton · East Midlands · population 8,946 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,028 of 6,856 in England
  • #269 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #5 of 6 in Melton
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,824
Median age (est.)46
Density1,302per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above27%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 12%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 13% · Elementary 13% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades13%
Elementary13%
Professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Melton Mowbray South is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,028 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of just 6 in Melton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (75) and lowest on Education (40). Typical homes here sold for about £218,250 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 134 sales), 20% below the wider Melton median of £272,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #687 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,084 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 88 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 50 · #3,398
Employment 48 · #3,535
Education 40 · #4,084
Health 64 · #2,459
Crime 44 · #3,823
Housing & access 75 · #1,684
Living environment 63 · #2,534

House prices ?

£218,250median (12m) · -3.0% yr · n=134
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£218,250134-3.0%+14.9%
Detached£343,00037-4.1%+0.1%
Semi-detached£216,50057-1.6%+19.8%
Terraced£184,35632+4.5%+20.9%
Flat£133,7508
This area£218,250
Melton£272,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£38,084±£5,585 · #4,012 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,335
Price-to-income ?5.7×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

88 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 789 offences
Melton58
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #4,460 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences355
Theft191
Burglary14
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson81
Public order & weapons76
Drugs30
Robbery3
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 118 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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