Total Crime Rate
139.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 190th 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 Victoria Road (NN1 5ED) in the last 12 months was 139.8 per 1,000 residents and was 60.3% lower than the Castle average (351.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 63.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Road (NN1 5ED), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 213 crimes here, including 151 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thenford Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cyril Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thenford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Spencer Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Parade | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spencer Parade | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spencer Parade | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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