Total Crime Rate

632.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 632.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 189.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 130.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 59.3 10/10
  • Public order 39.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.6 10/10
  • Drugs 35.6 10/10
  • Other theft 31.6 10/10
  • Burglary 27.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 27.7 10/10
  • Robbery 27.7 10/10
  • Other crime 11.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 4.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Barrack Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Barrack Road (NN1 3RL) in the last 12 months was 632.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.6% higher 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 700.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 284.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barrack Road (NN1 3RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 225 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A5123 (66 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barrack Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/95)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Campbell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Campbell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Campbell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Campbell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Campbell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Campbell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Campbell Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nelson Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nelson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nelson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nelson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nelson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nelson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Adelaide Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oakley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Campbell Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Campbell Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Oakley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leicester Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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