Total Crime Rate

118.2 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.3 per 1,000 5/10 Β· Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 118.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 68.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 27.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.3 6/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Arden Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Desborough , and the 225th highest crime rate of 1,075 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 Arden Road (NN14 2WL) in the last 12 months was 118.2 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% higher than the Desborough average (70.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (β‰ˆ 27.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Arden Road (NN14 2WL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sherwood Close, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridge Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Arden Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sherwood Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rutland Court β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mortimer Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Delamare Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Delamare Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Delamare Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wyre Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wyre Close β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyre Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peaselands β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Braybrooke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sherwood Close β€”
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sherwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sherwood Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sherwood Close β€”
Apr 2026Other theft Sherwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sherwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sherwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sherwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mortimer Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Delamare Close β€”
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sherwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gapstile Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gapstile Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gapstile Close β€”
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”

Data Sources

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