Total Crime Rate
159.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bective Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Kingsthorpe South , and the 155th highest crime rate of 1,261 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 Bective Road (NN2 7TB) in the last 12 months was 159.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% higher than the Kingsthorpe South average (145.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (β 59.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bective Road (NN2 7TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norton Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingsland Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kingsthorpe South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Martins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lockwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bective Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsland Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsland Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsland Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsland Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsland Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bective View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bective View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nursery Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yelvertoft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bective Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bective Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockwood Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Helmdon Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmdon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Martins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Appletree Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Appletree Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Road | β |
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