Crime Rates at Castle Street, Northampton, NN1 2SJ

Castle Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 7th highest crime rate of 1,261 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 Castle Street (NN1 2SJ) in the last 12 months was 1148.4 per 1,000 residents and was 226.4% 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 108 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 158 (≈ 509.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Street (NN1 2SJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woolmonger Street, where police recorded 204 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (91 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.