Total Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middlemarch area has the 38th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Billing and Rectory Farm , and the 392nd 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 Middlemarch (NN3 8QY) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 16.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middlemarch (NN3 8QY), the main crime hotspot is near Hanover Court. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Billing and Rectory Farm| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackthorn Bridge Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbury Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pikemead Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Croftmeadow Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirton End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hanover Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maidencastle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Longmead Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longmead Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maidencastle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pikemead Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maidencastle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbury Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbury Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maidencastle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nether Jackson Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maidencastle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lark Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lark Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waingrove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Standing Stones | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirton End | — |
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