Total Crime Rate

97.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.6 8/10
  • Burglary 15.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.0 4/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Cottons area has the 24th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Corby Rural , and the 301st highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Cottons (LE16 8TF) in the last 12 months was 97.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.7% lower than the Corby Rural average (110.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Cottons (LE16 8TF), the main crime hotspot is near Main Street. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 1 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Cottons area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Main Street

Data Sources

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