Total Crime Rate

136.7 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 136.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Robbery 6.2 7/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Palmerston Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 206th highest crime rate of 1,265 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 Palmerston Road (NN1 5EU) in the last 12 months was 136.7 per 1,000 residents and was 61.6% lower than the Castle average (356.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Palmerston Road (NN1 5EU), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 181 crimes here, including 122 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Palmerston Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ethel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A4501 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A4501 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A4501 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bouverie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ecton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Raglan Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vernon Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raglan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thenford Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bouverie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thenford Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elizabeth Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elizabeth Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Elizabeth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliftonville Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Edmund'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A4501 —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bouverie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockley Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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