Crime Rates at Balmoral Road, Northampton, NN2 6LA

Balmoral Road area has the lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Kingsthorpe South , and the 578th lowest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West 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 Balmoral Road (NN2 6LA) in the last 12 months was 48.1 per 1,000 residents and was 65.7% lower than the Kingsthorpe South average (140.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -84.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -83.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 126.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balmoral Road (NN2 6LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stanhope Road, where police recorded 513 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Osborne Road (67 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.