Total Crime Rate

89.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Osprey Lane area has the 19th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Earls Barton , and the 338th highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Osprey Lane (NN8 4TN) in the last 12 months was 89.9 per 1,000 residents and was 90.8% higher than the Earls Barton average (47.1 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Osprey Lane (NN8 4TN), the main crime hotspot is near Gannet Lane. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Osprey Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandpiper Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Robin Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nest Farm Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shearwater Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pym Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pym Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shearwater Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shearwater Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shearwater Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nest Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nest Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sandpiper Lane
Sep 2025Other theft Thrush Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thrush Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thrush Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thrush Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightingale Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sandpiper Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kittiwake Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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