Total Crime Rate
63.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yelvertoft Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Kingsthorpe South , and the 526th highest crime rate of 1,261 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 Yelvertoft Road (NN2 7TG) in the last 12 months was 63.2 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yelvertoft Road (NN2 7TG), the main crime hotspot is near Kingsland Gardens. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kingsthorpe South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Martins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yelvertoft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsland Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockwood Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lockwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bective Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bective Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nursery Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingsland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bective View | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Bective Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsland Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bective View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingsland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsland Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingsland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Martins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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