Total Crime Rate
777.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lower 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.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Katherine'S Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Upper Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzroy Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fitzroy Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Cross Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Andrew'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Andrew'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Katherine'S Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Upper Bath Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Bath Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Bath Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Crispin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Uppingham Street | — |
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