Total Crime Rate
329.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
143.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lea Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abington and Phippsville , and the 55th highest crime rate of 1,261 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 Lea Road (NN1 4PF) in the last 12 months was 329.1 per 1,000 residents and was 178.4% higher than the Abington and Phippsville average (118.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 143.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 164.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lea Road (NN1 4PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A5095 (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abington and Phippsville| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B5346 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Abington Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abington Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abington Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B5346 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B5346 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Roseholme Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A5095 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Roseholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Monks Hall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monks Hall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sheriff Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheriff Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stimpson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stimpson Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A5095 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A5095 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baronson Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clarke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarke Road | — |
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