Total Crime Rate
4045.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Market Street area has the highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North 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 Market Street (NN8 1AN) in the last 12 months was 4045.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3430.6% higher than the Brickhill and Queensway average (114.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 634 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 86.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 280 (≈ 900.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Market Street (NN8 1AN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 815 crimes here, including 80 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brickhill and Queensway| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swanspool Parade | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chequers Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chequers Lane | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chequers Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burystead Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burystead Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Burystead Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glen Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Herriotts Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burystead Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Burystead Place | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Burystead Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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