Total Crime Rate

229.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 229.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 37.4 8/10
  • Public order 20.1 9/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • 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

Thorpe Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 66th 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 Thorpe Close (NN8 3UU) in the last 12 months was 229.9 per 1,000 residents and was 100.7% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 103.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thorpe Close (NN8 3UU), the main crime hotspot is near Brooke Close. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thorpe Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooke Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sassoon Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swale Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coniston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Browning Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Browning Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dale Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sassoon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sassoon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sassoon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sassoon Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brooke Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooke Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooke Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brooke Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooke Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooke Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Under investigation

Data Sources

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