Total Crime Rate

76.9 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 76.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.1 10/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Occupation Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Kingswood , and the 417th highest 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 Occupation Road (NN17 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 76.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% lower than the Kingswood average (117.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Occupation Road (NN17 1EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dale Street, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rosedale Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Occupation Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Studfall Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farndale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dovedale Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dovedale Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Burglary Rosedale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rosedale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eskdale Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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