Total Crime Rate

89.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Hammerstone Lane area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Sixfields , and the 368th highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hammerstone Lane (NN4 8US) in the last 12 months was 89.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.3% lower than the Sixfields average (92.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 106.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hammerstone Lane (NN4 8US), the main crime hotspot is near Pitstone Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hammerstone Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Knaphill Crescent Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haselrig Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Plantagenet Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plantagenet Square —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brocade Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Axe Head Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Arrow Head Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dimock Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Knaphill Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blackberry Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pitstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Floribunda Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pitstone Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pitstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Frensham Close —
Sep 2025Public order Archangel Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newstone Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hembury Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cissbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Archangel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cissbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hambledon Rise Under investigation
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Data Sources

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