Total Crime Rate
35.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queensway area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 280th lowest crime rate of 1,075 local areas in North Northamptonshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queensway (NN8 3SG) in the last 12 months was 35.6 per 1,000 residents and was 66.5% 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 Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queensway (NN8 3SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tennyson Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norman Way (12 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Western Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Norman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norman Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | First Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaucer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cowper Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Milton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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