Total Crime Rate

114.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Shoplifting 7.6 5/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

The Goslar area has the 38th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 243rd highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Goslar (NN8 3EL) in the last 12 months was 114.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 112.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 45.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Goslar (NN8 3EL), the main crime hotspot is near Wordsworth Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Goslar area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swinburne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swinburne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkstone Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkstone Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Swinburne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkstone Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wallis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Swinburne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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