Crime Rates at Birch Road, Kettering, NN16 9TA

Birch Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 130 local areas in Clover Hill , and the 237th lowest crime rate of 1,080 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 Birch Road (NN16 9TA) in the last 12 months was 31.0 per 1,000 residents and was 77.5% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birch Road (NN16 9TA), the main crime hotspot is near Lyveden Place. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.