Total Crime Rate

135.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 135.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 8.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Wellingborough Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Abington and Phippsville , and the 211th 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 Wellingborough Road (NN1 4ED) in the last 12 months was 135.9 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% higher than the Abington and Phippsville average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -88.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -64.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellingborough Road (NN1 4ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 372 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bouverie Street (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wellingborough Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Upper Thrift Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bostock Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Artizan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Artizan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft New Town Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order New Town Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Town Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Town Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Town Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wilby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft New Town Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Percy Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Percy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stimpson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stimpson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stimpson Avenue
Sep 2025Other crime East Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Bouverie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bouverie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bouverie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bouverie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Perry Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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