Total Crime Rate

189.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

71.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 189.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 71.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 13.1 9/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.8 5/10
  • Public order 6.5 6/10
  • Robbery 6.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Queens Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 122nd 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 Queens Road (NN1 3LP) in the last 12 months was 189.5 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queens Road (NN1 3LP), the main crime hotspot is near Portland Place. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Queens Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/63)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Overstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Cowper Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Talbot Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Talbot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Talbot Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Talbot Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Talbot Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery St Michaels Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs St Michaels Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Michaels Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Michaels Avenue —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Colwyn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Talbot Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Colwyn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gray Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Burns Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Burns Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hunter Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ethel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ethel Street —
Apr 2026Robbery St Edmund'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Talbot Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abington Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Michaels Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wilberforce Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wilberforce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Raglan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Raglan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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