Total Crime Rate
13.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barnwell Close area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Oundle , and the 54th lowest crime rate of 1,075 local areas in North 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 Barnwell Close (NN14 4UY) in the last 12 months was 13.3 per 1,000 residents and was 70.8% lower than the Oundle average (45.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , 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 3 (≈ 9.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barnwell Close (NN14 4UY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Goldfinch Street, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Huntingdon Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Thrapston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grays Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Orchard Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindisfarne Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winding Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scotney Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Goldfinch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnwell Close | Under investigation |
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