Crime Rates at Welford Road, Northampton, NN2 8AQ

Welford Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Kingsthorpe North , and the 560th highest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Welford Road (NN2 8AQ) in the last 12 months was 59.7 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% lower than the Kingsthorpe North average (74.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 19.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 84.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welford Road (NN2 8AQ), 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.