Crime Rates at Northampton Road, Wellingborough, NN8 3LS

Northampton Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 486th highest crime rate of 1,080 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 Northampton Road (NN8 3LS) in the last 12 months was 65.1 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northampton Road (NN8 3LS), the main crime hotspot is near Duncan Court. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.