Total Crime Rate

120.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Other theft 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shaw Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Kingsthorpe North , and the 247th highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shaw Close (NN2 8FX) in the last 12 months was 120.5 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% higher than the Kingsthorpe North average (72.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 54.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shaw Close (NN2 8FX), the main crime hotspot is near Wallbeck Close. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shaw Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Yeoman Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shaw Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crawley Close —
Sep 2025Robbery Wallbeck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hodder Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Henard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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