Crime Rates at Overstone Road, Northampton, NN1 3JW

Overstone Road 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 Overstone Road (NN1 3JW) 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 Overstone Road (NN1 3JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Giles' Terrace, where police recorded 201 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Connaught Street (142 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.