Crime Rates at Pope Road, Wellingborough, NN8 3DW

Pope Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 194th highest crime rate of 1,075 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pope Road (NN8 3DW) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 20.3% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 67.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pope Road (NN8 3DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Goldsmith Road, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pope Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.