Crime Rates at Nursery Lane, Northampton, NN2 7QG

Nursery Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Kingsthorpe South , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nursery Lane (NN2 7QG) in the last 12 months was 160.9 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% higher than the Kingsthorpe South average (140.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 104.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nursery Lane (NN2 7QG), the main crime hotspot is near Osborne Road. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.