Total Crime Rate
404.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
116.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fortune Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Billing and Rectory Farm , and the 37th highest crime rate of 1,261 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 Fortune Close (NN3 9HZ) in the last 12 months was 404.2 per 1,000 residents and was 297.2% higher 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 Shoplifting with 92 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 30.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 116.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fortune Close (NN3 9HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fairground Way, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fortune Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Riverside Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marquee Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fortune Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Museum Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fairground Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fairground Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fairground Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fairground Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fairground Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fairground Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fortune Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fairground Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fortune Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marquee Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fortune Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fortune Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fortune Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fortune Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fortune Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ferris Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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