Total Crime Rate

103.2 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 103.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 12.9 6/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Forest Gate Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Kingswood , and the 280th highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Forest Gate Road (NN17 1TW) in the last 12 months was 103.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Gate Road (NN17 1TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Forest Gate Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Deene Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Gate Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fineshade Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upperfield Grove
Sep 2025Other theft Occupation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charnwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Charnwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashdown Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashdown Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashdown Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ashdown Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Forest Gate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Occupation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eskdale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Deene Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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