Melton: local statistics
Melton is a district council area in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 54,694 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Melton, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The average house price in Melton was £282,521 in July 2026, a rise of 1.5% in twelve months. It ranks as the 7th highest of 35 in the East Midlands (regional average £242,274). Prices are 36% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Melton (£33,900) gives a ratio of 8.3. That ratio is the highest ratio in the East Midlands.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Melton was £649.70 in April 2025, or £33,900 over a year. That is 9.9% below the figure for the East Midlands and 30th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest. Jobs based in Melton paid a median £644.30 a week, £5.40 less than the figure for people who live there. In 2015 the residents' median was £483.20, so it has risen 34% before inflation. The ONS advises using the residents' estimate with caution because it comes from a small sample.
An estimated 84.0% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Melton were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 9.8 points), against 75.4% across the East Midlands. Its lowest reading in the series was 70.1% and its highest 88.2%.
The ONS counted 2,895 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Melton in March 2026, 3% more than in 2016. There are 53 per 1,000 residents, the 3rd highest in the East Midlands.
A girl born in Melton in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 83.9 years and a boy 80.8 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.6 years for women and +0.1 for men. It is the 7th highest for women of 35 in the East Midlands.
The police recorded 56.2 crimes per 1,000 residents in Melton in the year to March 2026 (3,072 offences in all), the 24th highest rate of all 32 council areas in the East Midlands. The rate was 62.8 in the year to March 2025. In the year to March 2016 it was 37.8 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
The ONS estimates that 54,694 people lived in Melton in mid-2025, up 1.4% on a year earlier. That is 3,681 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 7.2%, against +8.6% for the East Midlands as a whole, mid-table in the East Midlands, 21st of 35. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The claimant count for Melton stood at 890 in August 2026, or 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the East Midlands was 3.5%. That compares with 3.0% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.4% in February 2025 and was lowest at 2.3% in July 2022.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Melton is £2,429.67, 3.4% more than in 2025-26. It is close to the middle of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands (16th highest). Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,589.08.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 51,013 |
| 2016 | 51,146 |
| 2017 | 51,113 |
| 2018 | 51,331 |
| 2019 | 51,470 |
| 2020 | 51,583 |
| 2021 | 51,756 |
| 2022 | 52,406 |
| 2023 | 53,221 |
| 2024 | 53,922 |
| 2025 | 54,694 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £207,504 |
| July 2017 | £215,359 |
| July 2018 | £232,154 |
| July 2019 | £229,948 |
| July 2020 | £234,824 |
| July 2021 | £247,000 |
| July 2022 | £269,351 |
| July 2023 | £262,542 |
| July 2024 | £261,938 |
| July 2025 | £278,284 |
| July 2026 | £282,521 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £483.20 a week |
| 2016 | £467.20 a week |
| 2017 | £509.80 a week |
| 2018 | £520.00 a week |
| 2019 | £512.70 a week |
| 2020 | £527.30 a week |
| 2021 | £494.00 a week |
| 2022 | £637.70 a week |
| 2023 | £627.20 a week |
| 2024 | £628.70 a week |
| 2025 | £649.70 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,589.08 |
| 2017-18 | £1,645.28 |
| 2018-19 | £1,736.85 |
| 2019-20 | £1,819.32 |
| 2020-21 | £1,888 |
| 2021-22 | £1,976.52 |
| 2022-23 | £2,040.05 |
| 2023-24 | £2,140.31 |
| 2024-25 | £2,241.28 |
| 2025-26 | £2,350.68 |
| 2026-27 | £2,429.67 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 37.8 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 46.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 54.3 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 60.0 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 56.8 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 59.3 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 68.5 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 73.2 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 63.8 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 62.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 56.2 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 79.2% |
| 2016/17 | 82.1% |
| 2017/18 | 78.2% |
| 2018/19 | 83.8% |
| 2019/20 | 84.4% |
| 2020/21 | 76.7% |
| 2021/22 | 70.1% |
| 2022/23 | 88.2% |
| 2023/24 | 74.4% |
| 2024/25 | 71.9% |
| 2025/26 | 84.0% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.7 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.1 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.8 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.3 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.7 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.9 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.7 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 2,805 |
| 2017 | 2,825 |
| 2018 | 2,820 |
| 2019 | 2,840 |
| 2020 | 2,815 |
| 2021 | 2,805 |
| 2022 | 2,835 |
| 2023 | 2,845 |
| 2024 | 2,890 |
| 2025 | 2,880 |
| 2026 | 2,895 |
Questions about Melton
What is the average house price in Melton?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £282,521.
What is the average salary in Melton?
£649.70 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is life expectancy in Melton?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.8 years for men and 83.9 for women.
What is the crime rate in Melton?
Home Office figures show 3,072 offences in the year to March 2026, or 56.2 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the population of Melton?
54,694 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Melton?
The ONS claimant count was 890 in August 2026, 2.8% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
How much is Band D council tax in Melton?
£2,429.67 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Who has power over Melton
Every body that makes decisions for Melton, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Melton council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Melton in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Melton and Syston: Edward Argar (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East Midlands
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · UK employment rate
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Bolsover · Boston · Derbyshire Dales · High Peak · Oadby and Wigston · Rutland
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