Total Crime Rate

73.5 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 73.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Blacksmiths Yard area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 429th highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blacksmiths Yard (NN6 0QD) in the last 12 months was 73.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.9% lower than the Brickhill and Queensway average (114.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blacksmiths Yard (NN6 0QD), the main crime hotspot is near Franklin'S Close. Police recorded 9 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blacksmiths Yard area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church View —
Sep 2025Drugs Church View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Franklin'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barton Fields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church View —
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Data Sources

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