Total Crime Rate
3159.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1325.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marefair area has the highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the highest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West 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 Marefair (NN1 1SR) in the last 12 months was 3159.6 per 1,000 residents and was 797.9% higher than the Castle average (351.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 368 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 17 cases , up 6.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -15.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 590 (≈ 1325.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marefair (NN1 1SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woolmonger Street, where police recorded 204 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (90 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emerald Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolmonger Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woolmonger Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woolmonger Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Althorp Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Upper Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upper Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crispin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fitzroy Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Althorp Street | Under investigation |
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