Total Crime Rate
96.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hirondelle Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Duston East , and the 335th highest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West Northamptonshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hirondelle Close (NN5 6YS) in the last 12 months was 96.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% higher than the Duston East average (95.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hirondelle Close (NN5 6YS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hirondelle Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reims Court (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Duston West and St. Crispin| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmwood Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hirondelle Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmwood Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochelle Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greeves Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hirondelle Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Limoges Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hirondelle Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bordeaux Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rudge Mews | — |
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