Total Crime Rate

182.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 182.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 112.8 10/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Little Cross Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 126th highest crime rate of 1,265 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 Little Cross Street (NN1 2RX) in the last 12 months was 182.9 per 1,000 residents and was 48.6% lower 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 134.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Little Cross Street (NN1 2RX), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 204 crimes here, including 134 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Little Cross Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Harding Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lower Harding Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Harding Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mare Fair Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crispin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crispin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Crispin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Katherine'S Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Upper Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Andrew'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Cross Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Doddridge Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Priory Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wynyates Court —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzroy Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fitzroy Place —
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 St Andrew'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Andrew'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moat Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grafton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grafton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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