Crime Rates at Wallace Road, Northampton, NN2 7EE

Wallace Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Abington and Phippsville , and the 7th 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 Wallace Road (NN2 7EE) in the last 12 months was 1027.1 per 1,000 residents and was 700.5% higher than the Abington and Phippsville average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 199 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 125.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wallace Road (NN2 7EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kenmuir Gardens, where police recorded 241 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Betjeman Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.