Total Crime Rate

34.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 34.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.4 5/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Finland Way area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Oakley , and the 278th 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 Finland Way (NN18 9DZ) in the last 12 months was 34.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.1% lower than the Oakley average (47.3 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Finland Way (NN18 9DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Motala Close, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Copenhagen Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Finland Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bamburg Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tromso Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flensburg Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flensburg Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breedon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falster Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skagerrak Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tromso Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tromso Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flensburg Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tromso Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Karlstad Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Malmo Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Copenhagen Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Motala Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Narvik Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bede Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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