Crime Rates at Queensway, Wellingborough, NN8 3RB

Queensway area has the 8th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 48th highest crime rate of 1,075 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Queensway (NN8 3RB) in the last 12 months was 277.1 per 1,000 residents and was 160.5% 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 Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 81.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queensway (NN8 3RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tennyson Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norman Way (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.