Crime Rates at Broad Street, Northampton, NN1 2HQ

Broad Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 111th highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Broad Street (NN1 2HQ) in the last 12 months was 204.6 per 1,000 residents and was 42.6% lower than the Castle average (356.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 64.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broad Street (NN1 2HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Square, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A5123 (66 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.