Crime Rates at Laywood Close, Raunds, Wellingborough, NN9 6SW

Laywood Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Raunds , and the 89th highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Laywood Close (NN9 6SW) in the last 12 months was 206.0 per 1,000 residents and was 213.6% higher than the Raunds average (65.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 366.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 433.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laywood Close (NN9 6SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fairoaks Drive, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.