Total Crime Rate

157.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 157.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 29.3 7/10
  • Drugs 20.3 10/10
  • Other theft 18.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Smiths Court area has the 7th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Delapre and Rushmere , and the 156th highest crime rate of 1,265 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 Smiths Court (NN4 8GH) in the last 12 months was 157.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.1% higher than the Delapre and Rushmere average (119.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 550.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1721.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Smiths Court (NN4 8GH), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Gardens. Police recorded 483 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Smiths Court area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Trenery Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Auctioneers Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Auctioneers Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New South Bridge Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New South Bridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Auctioneers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trenery Way
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Auctioneers Court
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Malthouse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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