Total Crime Rate

37.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 37.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Penfold Lane area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Billing and Rectory Farm , and the 452nd lowest crime rate of 1,265 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 Penfold Lane (NN3 9EF) in the last 12 months was 37.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.3% lower than the Billing and Rectory Farm average (96.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penfold Lane (NN3 9EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tinsley Close, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaumont Drive (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Penfold Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oransay Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kensington Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cumbrae Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pound Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tinsley Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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