Crime Rates at Hester Street, Northampton, NN2 6AP

Hester Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 155th highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hester Street (NN2 6AP) in the last 12 months was 157.8 per 1,000 residents and was 55.7% lower than the Castle average (356.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hester Street (NN2 6AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 225 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nelson Street (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.