Total Crime Rate
29.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Henshaw Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 226th lowest crime rate of 1,075 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 Henshaw Road (NN8 2AS) in the last 12 months was 29.8 per 1,000 residents and was 72.0% lower than the Brickhill and Queensway average (106.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Henshaw Road (NN8 2AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mannock Road, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brickhill and Queensway| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Priory Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pippin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pippin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Croyland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croyland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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