Total Crime Rate
242.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Christchurch Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abington and Phippsville , and the 89th highest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West Northamptonshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Christchurch Road (NN1 5LL) in the last 12 months was 242.3 per 1,000 residents and was 105.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 104.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 270.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Christchurch Road (NN1 5LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (31 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Roseholme Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loyd Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wantage Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ardington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Roseholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loyd Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Covington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Florence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Florence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Covington Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Covington Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Covington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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