Total Crime Rate

310.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

149.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 310.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 149.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.5 10/10
  • Other theft 34.5 10/10
  • Burglary 23.0 10/10
  • Public order 23.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.0 10/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Other crime 11.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ransome Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Delapre and Rushmere , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ransome Road (NN4 8DE) in the last 12 months was 310.3 per 1,000 residents and was 161.7% higher than the Delapre and Rushmere average (118.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 149.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ransome Road (NN4 8DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Malthouse Close, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ransome Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (29/29)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pen Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malthouse Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bidders Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bidders Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Malthouse Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Malthouse Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Malthouse Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malthouse Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ransome Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ransome Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cotton End Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cotton End Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bidders Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trenery Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pen Court —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Thomas Chapman Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Trenery Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Trenery Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Trenery Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Trenery Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Henry Bird Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Delapre Crescent —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Claughton Road —
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Data Sources

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