Total Crime Rate

74.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 74.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Medway Drive area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Dallington Spencer , and the 468th highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Medway Drive (NN5 7PE) in the last 12 months was 74.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.2% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Medway Drive (NN5 7PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bourne Crescent, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookside Meadows (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Medway Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Park Crescent West Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodside Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brookside Meadows —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookside Meadows Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ribble Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avon Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Avon Drive Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodside Way Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodside Way —
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Data Sources

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