Northamptonshire Police Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The crime rate in Northamptonshire Police's force coverage area is 64 crimes per 1,000 people, for the 12-month period ending April 2026. The most commonly-reported crimes are violence and sexual offences, reported at a rate of roughly 28 reports per 1,000 daytime population.
Northamptonshire Police Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Northamptonshire Police's service area represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Northamptonshire Police's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Northamptonshire Police up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Northamptonshire Police's 26,522 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Northamptonshire Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Northamptonshire Police has a crime risk score of 442. This is based on analysis of 26,522 nearby areas within Northamptonshire Police, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Northamptonshire Police's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Northamptonshire Police, crime risk scores are typically around 442, while in National they are average 500.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 428 (500 for National), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 421 (National 500).
Trends in Crime Risk
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Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 10% in Northamptonshire Police's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Northamptonshire Police's crime risk score is down by 9%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
The risk score trend over the last year has not shown any statistically meaningful movement up or down.
Crime Rates and Indexes
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The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Northamptonshire Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Possession of Weapons offences have a crime rate of 1.14 reports per 1,000 people in Northamptonshire Police, which is 1.34 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 1,013 crime reports logged by Northamptonshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Northamptonshire Police recorded 1,114 reports of Robbery in Northamptonshire Police, resulting in a crime rate of 1.25 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.06.
The crime rate for Burglary is 0.96 times the national average at 3.00 reports per 1,000. This is from 2,664 crime reports reported to Northamptonshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
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Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.81 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.66 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 23% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.90 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.89 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 1.1% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.89 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 0.93 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 4.3% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.93 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.06 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 12% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.89 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.92 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 3.3% over this timeframe.
Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.83 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 0.90 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 8% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Northamptonshire Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 16,219 | 18.18 | 1.29 | 941,224 | 14.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Bicycle Theft | 376 | 0.42 | 0.58 | 48,449 | 0.73 | 1.00 | |||
| Burglary | 2,664 | 3.00 | 0.96 | 208,612 | 3.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 4,607 | 5.16 | 0.82 | 418,651 | 6.28 | 1.00 | |||
| Drugs | 2,516 | 2.83 | 0.92 | 205,214 | 3.09 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Crime | 1,365 | 1.54 | 0.83 | 124,230 | 1.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Theft | 4,122 | 4.60 | 0.81 | 378,146 | 5.69 | 1.00 | |||
| Possession of Weapons | 1,013 | 1.14 | 1.34 | 56,620 | 0.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Public Order | 4,107 | 4.60 | 0.79 | 386,297 | 5.80 | 1.00 | |||
| Robbery | 1,114 | 1.25 | 1.06 | 78,386 | 1.18 | 1.00 | |||
| Shoplifting | 5,868 | 6.58 | 0.92 | 475,025 | 7.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Theft From the Person | 202 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 103,505 | 1.55 | 1.00 | |||
| Vehicle Crime | 3,629 | 4.07 | 0.95 | 287,068 | 4.30 | 1.00 | |||
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 25,354 | 28.44 | 0.94 | 2,024,722 | 30.40 | 1.00 | |||
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| 2026 | 56,937 | 63.86 | 0.89 | 4,794,925 | 71.98 | 1.00 | |||
| 2025 | 59,832 | 67.62 | 0.91 | 4,892,734 | 74.03 | 1.00 | |||
| 2024 | 59,856 | 68.38 | 0.91 | 4,937,620 | 75.43 | 1.00 | |||
| 2023 | 64,204 | 74.19 | 0.94 | 5,115,763 | 79.01 | 1.00 | |||
| 2022 | 62,622 | 73.12 | 0.95 | 4,922,645 | 76.81 | 1.00 | |||
| 2021 | 62,390 | 73.59 | 1.07 | 4,369,811 | 68.57 | 1.00 | |||
| 2020 | 61,694 | 73.22 | 0.99 | 4,707,683 | 74.16 | 1.00 | |||
| 2019 | 61,009 | 72.97 | 0.96 | 4,824,370 | 76.25 | 1.00 | |||
| 2018 | 54,813 | 66.50 | 0.94 | 4,484,151 | 71.12 | 1.00 | |||
| 2017 | 54,595 | 67.47 | 1.06 | 4,011,470 | 63.94 | 1.00 | |||
| 2016 | 16,405 | 20.45 | 1.07 | 1,195,221 | 19.07 | 1.00 | |||
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Northamptonshire Police: Major Towns & Cities Compared
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Northampton | 16,730 | 100.42 | 1.40 | ||||||
| Rushden | 2,755 | 83.76 | 1.18 | ||||||
| Kettering | 5,682 | 80.94 | 1.13 | ||||||
| Wellingborough | 5,353 | 80.41 | 1.13 | ||||||
| Corby | 5,556 | 76.95 | 1.08 | ||||||
| Billing | 643 | 67.88 | 1.03 | ||||||
| Daventry | 1,814 | 56.79 | 0.81 | ||||||
| Higham Ferrers | 530 | 54.88 | 0.86 | ||||||
| Desborough | 614 | 50.63 | 0.78 | ||||||
| Rothwell | 501 | 50.43 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Duston | 846 | 49.75 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Irthlingborough | 496 | 49.27 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Raunds | 541 | 48.54 | 0.75 | ||||||
| Burton Latimer | 431 | 40.11 | 0.68 | ||||||
| Towcester | 506 | 34.08 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Wootton | 244 | 28.51 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Brackley | 496 | 28.14 | 0.43 | ||||||
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Northamptonshire Police Stations
| Police Station Name | Police Station Address | Description & Opening Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Corby Cube | The Cube, George Street, Corby, NN17 1QG | Mon to Fri 10am to 4pm |
| Daventry | New Street, NN11 4BS | Mon to Fri 10am - 4pm. |
| Kettering Council | Bowling Green Road, Kettering, NN15 7QX | Mon to Fri 10am to 4pm |
| The Guildhall | St Giles Square, Northampton, NN1 1DE | Mon to Sat 9am to 5pm |
| Wellingborough | Midland Road, Wellingborough, NN8 1HF | Mon to Sat 10am to 4pm |
| Weston Favell | Pyramid Close, Northampton, NN3 8NZ | Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm |