Total Crime Rate

285.3 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 285.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 186.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Abington Avenue area has the 16th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Abington and Phippsville , and the 64th 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 Abington Avenue (NN1 4PX) in the last 12 months was 285.3 per 1,000 residents and was 122.3% 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 Shoplifting with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 416.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abington Avenue (NN1 4PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abington Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Abington Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Abington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collingwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashburnham Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashburnham Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Wantage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wantage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wantage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wantage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wantage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wantage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Collingwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Abington Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwood Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Other theft Roseholme Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Roseholme Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Vale —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Roseholme Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roe Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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