Crime Rates at Lea Road, Northampton, NN1 4PP

Lea Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abington and Phippsville , and the 231st 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 Lea Road (NN1 4PP) in the last 12 months was 125.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lea Road (NN1 4PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 121 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.