Total Crime Rate

83.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 83.9 7/10
  • Violent crimes 57.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.4 9/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Canonbury area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 379th highest crime rate of 1,075 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Canonbury (NN8 3RZ) in the last 12 months was 83.9 per 1,000 residents and was 21.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Canonbury (NN8 3RZ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Canonbury area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bronte Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burns Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scott Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Ruskin Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Browning Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pope Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pope Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burns Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longfellow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Longfellow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longfellow Road

Data Sources

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