Crime Rates at Silver Street, Wellingborough, NN8 1BQ

Silver 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 Silver Street (NN8 1BQ) 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 Silver Street (NN8 1BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 772 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Street (64 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.