Total Crime Rate
46.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Linacre Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Talavera , and the 547th lowest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West Northamptonshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Linacre Close (NN3 8PY) in the last 12 months was 46.6 per 1,000 residents and was 57.2% lower than the Talavera average (108.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Linacre Close (NN3 8PY), the main crime hotspot is near Saddlers Square. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Talavera| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dairy Meadow Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Donellan Green | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Probyn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Great Gull Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Micklewell Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saddlers Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saddlers Square | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saddlers Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Teesdale | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duckworth Dell | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Medellin Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medellin Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ixworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Duckworth Dell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lavenham Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watermeadow Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crestwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crestwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sidebrook Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dairy Meadow Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dairy Meadow Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watermeadow Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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