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Melton · East Suffolk

Melton: your neighbourhood

Melton electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 40.2% here, compared with 27.6% across East Suffolk (12.6 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 11.9% here, compared with 19.4% across East Suffolk (7.5 percentage points lower).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 11.9% here, compared with 17.6% across East Suffolk (5.7 percentage points lower).

These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

27.5%

21 March 2021 · Melton

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

1,167 out of 4,244.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

3%

21 March 2021 · Melton

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

126 out of 4,254.

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People counted in the census

4,257

21 March 2021 · Melton

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

4,257 out of 4,257.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

40.2%

21 March 2021 · Melton

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

1,442 out of 3,591.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

43.3%

21 March 2021 · Melton

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

881 out of 2,034.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

11.9%

21 March 2021 · Melton

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

243 out of 2,034.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

44.4%

21 March 2021 · Melton

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,600 out of 3,603.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

53.4%

21 March 2021 · Melton

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,925 out of 3,603.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

2.8%

21 March 2021 · Melton

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

100 out of 3,603.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

11.9%

21 March 2021 · Melton

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

428 out of 3,591.

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Homes rented privately

14%

21 March 2021 · Melton

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

294 out of 2,033.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

33.2%

21 March 2021 · Melton

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,195 out of 3,603.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

14%

21 March 2021 · Melton

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

284 out of 2,033.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2.2%

21 March 2021 · Melton

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

78 out of 3,603.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Melton ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

142 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 158 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Melton ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 12 mapped crimes in September 2024; 13 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Melton
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024121
October 202431
November 202481
December 2024151
January 202570
February 2025121
March 2025101
April 2025191
May 2025202
June 2025241
July 2025111
August 2025171
September 2025140
October 2025120
November 202550
December 2025200
January 2026101
February 2026110
March 2026101
April 202620
May 2026121
June 2026155
July 2026185
August 2026132
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Melton
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime77
criminal damage arson15
other theft13
public order9
burglary6
other crime6
drugs6
shoplifting4
vehicle crime2
possession of weapons2
bicycle theft1
theft from the person1
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across East Suffolk →