Crime Rates at Merestone Road, Corby, NN18 8DH

Merestone Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Kingswood , and the 459th lowest crime rate of 1,075 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 Merestone Road (NN18 8DH) in the last 12 months was 50.4 per 1,000 residents and was 54.9% lower than the Kingswood average (111.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Merestone Road (NN18 8DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Butland Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakley Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.