Total Crime Rate

219.1 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 219.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 99.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.0 8/10
  • Burglary 19.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.1 9/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Robbery 9.5 9/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Public order 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Main Road area has the highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Duston East , and the 99th highest crime rate of 1,265 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 Main Road (NN5 6JJ) in the last 12 months was 219.1 per 1,000 residents and was 131.5% higher than the Duston East average (94.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 477.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Main Road (NN5 6JJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Main Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Galileo Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Digby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Burglary Beechwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beechwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beechwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muscott Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxon Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galileo Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stone Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxon Rise —
Sep 2025Other crime Einstein Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maxwell Crescent —
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Data Sources

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