Total Crime Rate
119.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queensway area has the 34th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 225th 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 Queensway (NN8 3RE) in the last 12 months was 119.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% higher than the Brickhill and Queensway average (114.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 116.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queensway (NN8 3RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tennyson Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near First Avenue (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brickhill and Queensway| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clare Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clare Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Scott Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Keats Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Milton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Byron Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | First Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | First Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | First Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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