Total Crime Rate

114.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.7 6/10
  • Shoplifting 23.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.9 8/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Robbery 13.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cottingham Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Kingswood , and the 240th highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cottingham Road (NN17 1SY) in the last 12 months was 114.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 54.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottingham Road (NN17 1SY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 158 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cottingham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farndale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elizabeth Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elizabeth Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Elizabeth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Elizabeth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Deene Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Forest Gate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ashdown Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashdown Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashdown Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashdown Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Argyll Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Charnwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charnwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eskdale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Elizabeth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Rosedale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rosedale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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