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

St James Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Dallington Spencer , and the 304th highest crime rate of 1,261 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 5LE) in the last 12 months was 103.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.6% lower than the Dallington Spencer average (109.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 50.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James Road (NN5 5LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Orchard Street, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marlborough Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.