Total Crime Rate
57.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bede Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Oakley , and the 525th lowest crime rate of 1,075 local areas in North Northamptonshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bede Close (NN18 9PD) in the last 12 months was 57.2 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% higher than the Oakley average (47.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bede Close (NN18 9PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tromso Close, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Karlstad Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oakley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Karlstad Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copenhagen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boden Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bamburg Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carltonwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bamburg Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Karlstad Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Karlstad Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Karlstad Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bede Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Saxon Way East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falster Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torksey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flensburg Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flensburg Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tromso Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tromso Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tromso Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tromso Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malmo Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Malmo Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bamburg Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malmo Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thetford Close | Under investigation |
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