Total Crime Rate

127.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.6 8/10
  • Drugs 14.2 9/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.7 4/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Swinburne Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 196th 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 Swinburne Road (NN8 3RW) in the last 12 months was 127.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.6% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swinburne Road (NN8 3RW), the main crime hotspot is near Wordsworth Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Swinburne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Swinburne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shakespeare Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkstone Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkstone Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkstone Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swinburne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Burns Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Swinburne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shelley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swinburne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shelley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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