Crime Rates at Broad Street, Northampton, NN1 2HS

Broad Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 61st highest crime rate of 1,261 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 2HS) in the last 12 months was 311.1 per 1,000 residents and was 11.6% lower than the Castle average (351.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 94 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 50.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broad Street (NN1 2HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grafton Street, where police recorded 139 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Square (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.