Crime Rates at Earl Street, Northampton, NN1 3AX

Earl Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 121st 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 Earl Street (NN1 3AX) in the last 12 months was 187.5 per 1,000 residents and was 47.4% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 95.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 99.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Earl Street (NN1 3AX), the main crime hotspot is near Connaught Street. Police recorded 192 crimes here, including 142 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.