Total Crime Rate

95.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

11.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 95.2 7/10
  • Shoplifting 71.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 11.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.0 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Queensway area has the 40th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 321st highest crime rate of 1,075 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 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% lower 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 109.4% 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 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cowper Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Queensway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanwell Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour First Avenue
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tennyson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tennyson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tennyson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tennyson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Tennyson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tennyson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Cowper Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Milton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milton Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scott Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chaucer Road

Data Sources

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