Crime Rates at Sheep Street, Northampton, NN1 2LU

Sheep Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 9th highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sheep Street (NN1 2LU) in the last 12 months was 983.9 per 1,000 residents and was 176.3% 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 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 78.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 140 (≈ 451.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheep Street (NN1 2LU), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 526 crimes here, including 308 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.