Crime Rates at St James Road, Northampton, NN5 5LD

St James Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Dallington Spencer , and the 237th highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around St James Road (NN5 5LD) in the last 12 months was 122.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.6% higher than the Dallington Spencer average (115.9 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James Road (NN5 5LD), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.