Crime Rates at Shire Place, Northampton, NN3 8DE

Shire Place area has the 30th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Billing and Rectory Farm , and the 319th highest crime rate of 1,261 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 Shire Place (NN3 8DE) in the last 12 months was 101.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.3% lower than the Billing and Rectory Farm average (101.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shire Place (NN3 8DE), the main crime hotspot is near Greatmeadow Road. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.