Crime Rates at Nursery Lane, Northampton, NN2 7TJ

Nursery Lane area has the 10th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Kingsthorpe South , and the 207th 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 7TJ) in the last 12 months was 136.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nursery Lane (NN2 7TJ), the main crime hotspot is near Kingsland Avenue. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.