Crime Rates at Welford Road, Northampton, NN2 8AE

Welford Road area has the highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Kingsthorpe North , and the 10th highest crime rate of 1,261 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 Welford Road (NN2 8AE) in the last 12 months was 880.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1087.2% higher than the Kingsthorpe North average (74.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 317.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welford Road (NN2 8AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingsland Gardens (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.