Crime Rates at Balmoral Road, Northampton, NN2 6JZ

Balmoral Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Kingsthorpe South , and the 80th 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 Balmoral Road (NN2 6JZ) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% higher than the Kingsthorpe South average (140.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 496.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balmoral Road (NN2 6JZ), the main crime hotspot is near Stanhope Road. Police recorded 513 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.