Total Crime Rate

82.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 39.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.7 5/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Colwyn Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 412th highest crime rate of 1,261 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 Colwyn Road (NN1 3PU) in the last 12 months was 82.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.7% lower than the Castle average (351.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colwyn Road (NN1 3PU), the main crime hotspot is near St Michaels Avenue. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Colwyn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/37)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Talbot Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Talbot Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Michaels Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Michaels Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Talbot Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Talbot Road 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 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery St Michaels Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Race Track —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Race Track —
Apr 2026Drugs Race Track Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Race Track Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Race Track Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Race Track Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Race Track Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Michaels Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary St Michaels Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs St Michaels Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brunswick Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exeter Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exeter Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Michaels Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Place —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Burns Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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