Total Crime Rate

94.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 94.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • 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
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cowper Road area has the 46th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 316th 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 Cowper Road (NN8 3NN) in the last 12 months was 94.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowper Road (NN8 3NN), the main crime hotspot is near Kilnway. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cowper Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kilnway —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tennyson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Keats Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilnway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stream Bank Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilnway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quorn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kilnway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Masefield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kilnway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Scott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ruskin Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ruskin Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Byron Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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