Total Crime Rate
318.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Abington Cottages area has the 15th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abington and Phippsville , and the 57th highest crime rate of 1,261 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 Abington Cottages (NN1 4PT) in the last 12 months was 318.3 per 1,000 residents and was 169.3% 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 Shoplifting with 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abington Cottages (NN1 4PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cedar Road East (23 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 | Burglary | Roseholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cedar Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lime Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Roseholme Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clarke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wantage Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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