Total Crime Rate

114.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.4 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 114.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 54.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 34.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 5/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Gold Street area has the 36th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brickhill and Queensway , and the 241st 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 Gold Street (NN8 4EF) in the last 12 months was 114.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gold Street (NN8 4EF), the main crime hotspot is near Bell Street. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gold Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Adams Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cannon Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Adams Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Adams Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Adams Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cannon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cannon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bell Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Baker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Baker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Baker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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