Total Crime Rate
916.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lower Adelaide Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castle , and the 10th highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Adelaide Street (NN2 6BB) in the last 12 months was 916.4 per 1,000 residents and was 157.3% higher than the Castle average (356.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 158 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (β 160.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Adelaide Street (NN2 6BB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 225 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Semilong Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Olivia Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Adelaide Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Olivia Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Olivia Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Olivia Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Olivia Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Salisbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Salisbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baker Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gordon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gordon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baker Street | Under investigation |
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