Crime Rates at Upper Harding Street, Northampton, NN1 2PL

Upper Harding Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 16th highest crime rate of 1,261 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 Upper Harding Street (NN1 2PL) in the last 12 months was 702.5 per 1,000 residents and was 99.7% higher than the Castle average (351.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 55.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 308.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Harding Street (NN1 2PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grafton Street, where police recorded 139 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Bath Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.