Crime Rates at Leicester Street, Kettering, NN16 8EG

Leicester Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Clover Hill , and the 37th 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 Leicester Street (NN16 8EG) in the last 12 months was 310.6 per 1,000 residents and was 125.7% higher than the Clover Hill average (137.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 192.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 195.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leicester Street (NN16 8EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 224 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bayes Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.