Total Crime Rate

777.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 777.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 279.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 129.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 78.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 50.2 10/10
  • Drugs 46.6 10/10
  • Burglary 39.4 10/10
  • Robbery 39.4 10/10
  • Public order 35.8 10/10
  • Other theft 28.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 25.1 10/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 7.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lower Harding Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 16th highest crime rate of 1,265 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 Lower Harding Street (NN1 2JJ) in the last 12 months was 777.8 per 1,000 residents and was 118.4% higher than the Castle average (356.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 106 (≈ 379.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Harding Street (NN1 2JJ), the main crime hotspot is near King Street. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Harding Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs St Katherine'S Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Upper Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzroy Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fitzroy Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Cross Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Andrew'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Andrew'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Katherine'S Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Bath Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Bath Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Bath Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Crispin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrew'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Uppingham Street

Data Sources

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