Total Crime Rate

67.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 67.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.3 9/10
  • Other theft 17.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bancroft Way area has the 21st highest crime rate of 75 local areas in East Hunsbury and Shelfleys , and the 503rd highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bancroft Way (NN4 6BF) in the last 12 months was 67.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% higher than the East Hunsbury and Shelfleys average (66.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bancroft Way (NN4 6BF), the main crime hotspot is near Wooldale Road. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bancroft Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Copymoor Close —
Sep 2025Public order Wooldale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wooldale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlee Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Robinson Way —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Robinson Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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