Total Crime Rate

82.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Lower Steeping area has the 12th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Desborough , and the 393rd highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North 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 Lower Steeping (NN14 2SG) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% higher than the Desborough average (63.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Steeping (NN14 2SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Christopher Close, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church View Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Steeping area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kenmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breakleys Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Christopher Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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