Total Crime Rate
25.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roman Way area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Braunston and Crick , and the 263rd lowest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West Northamptonshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Roman Way (NN11 0RW) in the last 12 months was 25.3 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% lower than the Braunston and Crick average (58.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roman Way (NN11 0RW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wimborne Place, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wimborne Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimborne Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Carisbrooke Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carisbrooke Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carisbrooke Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosewood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nansen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ericsson Close | — |
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