Total Crime Rate
188.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Goldsmith Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 104th 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 Goldsmith Road (NN8 3RU) in the last 12 months was 188.9 per 1,000 residents and was 77.6% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 27.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goldsmith Road (NN8 3RU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Goldsmith Road, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pope Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brickhill and Queensway| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burns Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ruskin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pope Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Longfellow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longfellow Road | — |
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