Crime Rates at Gold Street, Northampton, NN1 1RA

Gold Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 20th highest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gold Street (NN1 1RA) in the last 12 months was 603.6 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% higher than the Castle average (351.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 165.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gold Street (NN1 1RA), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 500 crimes here, including 302 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.