Total Crime Rate

916.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 916.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 574.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 123.6 10/10
  • Burglary 54.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.1 10/10
  • Robbery 18.2 10/10
  • Public order 14.6 8/10
  • Other crime 10.9 10/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Adelaide Houses 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 Adelaide Houses (NN2 6LQ) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Adelaide Houses (NN2 6LQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Adelaide Houses area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/97)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Salisbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mill Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baker Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baker Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Baker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Baker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Baker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Salisbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hampton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nelson Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nelson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nelson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nelson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nelson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nelson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Uppingham Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Andrew'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Andrew'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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