Total Crime Rate

160.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 160.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 53.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.2 9/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.7 9/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 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

Yarwell Square area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Sixfields , and the 154th 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 Yarwell Square (NN4 9RP) in the last 12 months was 160.0 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% higher than the Sixfields average (89.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 53.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yarwell Square (NN4 9RP), the main crime hotspot is near Southwood Hill. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yarwell Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southwood Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Five Acres Fold Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rotherhithe Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stoneyhurst Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Frensham Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Joshua Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Joshua Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Joshua Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Rotherhithe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Joshua Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plantagenet Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haselrig Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rotherhithe Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Archangel Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Mallard Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farraxton Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Farraxton Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Farraxton Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Southwood Hill —
Apr 2026Robbery Southwood Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Rotherhithe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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