Crime and Safety in Burton Latimer
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Burton Latimer is among the top 5 safest small towns in Northamptonshire, and is the 68th most dangerous overall out of Northamptonshire's 261 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Burton Latimer in 2026 is 40 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Northamptonshire's overall crime rate, coming in 37% lower than the Northamptonshire rate of 64 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Burton Latimer is the 349th safest small town, and the 3,139th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In February 2023, Burton Latimer had the worst crime rate in Northamptonshire for theft from the person, with 1 crime reported and a crime rate of 0.09 per 1,000 daytime population. And in January 2026, Burton Latimer was the worst small town in Northamptonshire for anti-social behaviour, with 13 crimes reported and a crime rate of 1.2 per 1,000 daytime population. February 2026 was also a bad month for Burton Latimer residents, when it was again Northamptonshire's most dangerous small town for anti-social behaviour, recording 18 crimes at a rate of 1.7 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Burton Latimer are violence and sexual offences, with 242 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 23. This is 0.82% lower than 2025's figure of 244 offences and a difference of 0.21 from 2025's crime rate of 23. Burton Latimer's least common crime is theft from the person, with 0 offences recorded in 2026.
Burton Latimer 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 5 Safest
Small Towns, Northamptonshire
43% lower, regional crime rate
East Midlands
44% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Burton Latimer is 43% lower than the East Midlands and 44% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Burton Latimer Crime Rate Over Time
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Burton Latimer Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Burton Latimer 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 Burton Latimer's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Burton Latimer up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Burton Latimer's 213 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.
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Crime Risk Scores
Burton Latimer • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Burton Latimer has a crime risk score of 468. This is based on analysis of 213 nearby areas within Burton Latimer, 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 Burton Latimer's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Burton Latimer, crime risk scores are typically around 468, while in Northamptonshire they are average 442.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 534 (429 for Northamptonshire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 562 (Northamptonshire 422).
Trends in Crime Risk
Burton Latimer
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.
No trend could be found in Burton Latimer's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Burton Latimer's crime risk score is down by 29%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
The risk score trend over the last year has not shown any statistically meaningful movement up or down.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Burton Latimer
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
Burton Latimer • 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 0.65 reports per 1,000 people in Burton Latimer, which is 2.32 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 7 crime reports logged by Northamptonshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Northamptonshire Police recorded 2 reports of Robbery in Burton Latimer, resulting in a crime rate of 0.18 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 0.95.
The crime rate for Drugs is 0.75 times the national average at 2.14 reports per 1,000. This is from 23 crime reports reported to Northamptonshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Burton Latimer
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.
Drugs offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - 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 near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Burton Latimer
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.72 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.79 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 9% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.40 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.44 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 9% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Burton Latimer • 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 | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 175 | 16.28 | 1.15 | 16,213 | 18.20 | 1.29 | 82,288 | 14.84 | 1.05 |
| Bicycle Theft | 1 | 0.09 | 1.50 | 376 | 0.42 | 0.58 | 3,605 | 0.66 | 0.90 |
| Burglary | 7 | 0.64 | 0.41 | 2,664 | 3.01 | 0.96 | 16,428 | 2.97 | 0.95 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 47 | 4.40 | 0.70 | 4,602 | 5.19 | 0.83 | 36,709 | 6.63 | 1.06 |
| Drugs | 23 | 2.14 | 0.75 | 2,513 | 2.82 | 0.91 | 14,102 | 2.53 | 0.82 |
| Other Crime | 18 | 1.67 | 1.55 | 1,363 | 1.54 | 0.83 | 11,549 | 2.09 | 1.13 |
| Other Theft | 28 | 2.61 | 0.50 | 4,118 | 4.60 | 0.81 | 28,010 | 5.03 | 0.88 |
| Possession of Weapons | 7 | 0.65 | 2.32 | 1,013 | 1.14 | 1.34 | 5,077 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| Public Order | 32 | 2.99 | 0.60 | 4,103 | 4.60 | 0.79 | 33,621 | 6.06 | 1.04 |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.18 | 0.95 | 1,114 | 1.25 | 1.06 | 5,222 | 0.95 | 0.81 |
| Shoplifting | 8 | 0.73 | 0.18 | 5,868 | 6.59 | 0.92 | 41,773 | 7.51 | 1.05 |
| Theft From the Person | - | - | - | 202 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 2,834 | 0.51 | 0.33 |
| Vehicle Crime | 16 | 1.48 | 0.67 | 3,628 | 4.08 | 0.95 | 20,391 | 3.67 | 0.85 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 242 | 22.53 | 0.74 | 25,332 | 28.45 | 0.94 | 169,276 | 30.51 | 1.00 |
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Total Crime by Year
Burton Latimer | Northamptonshire | East Midlands | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 431 | 40.11 | 0.68 | 56,896 | 63.92 | 0.89 | 388,597 | 70.04 | 0.97 |
| 2025 | 452 | 42.17 | 0.69 | 59,808 | 67.74 | 0.92 | 391,366 | 71.16 | 0.96 |
| 2024 | 513 | 48.13 | 0.77 | 59,826 | 68.52 | 0.91 | 401,136 | 73.81 | 0.98 |
| 2023 | 555 | 52.25 | 0.74 | 64,169 | 74.24 | 0.94 | 420,118 | 78.15 | 0.99 |
| 2022 | 591 | 55.51 | 0.82 | 62,563 | 73.20 | 0.95 | 404,389 | 76.27 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 589 | 56.04 | 0.95 | 62,324 | 73.61 | 1.07 | 361,494 | 68.61 | 1.00 |
| 2020 | 522 | 50.54 | 0.75 | 61,660 | 73.35 | 0.99 | 388,888 | 74.15 | 1.00 |
| 2019 | 412 | 40.69 | 0.64 | 60,958 | 73.05 | 0.96 | 375,243 | 71.88 | 0.94 |
| 2018 | 388 | 39.07 | 0.67 | 54,751 | 66.53 | 0.94 | 331,940 | 64.14 | 0.90 |
| 2017 | 437 | 45.75 | 0.83 | 54,549 | 67.50 | 1.06 | 297,381 | 58.03 | 0.91 |
| 2016 | 132 | 14.02 | 0.84 | 16,396 | 20.45 | 1.07 | 87,914 | 17.17 | 0.90 |
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Burton Latimer Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billing | 643 | 67.88 | 69% more dangerous |
| Higham Ferrers | 530 | 54.88 | 37% more dangerous |
| Rothwell | 501 | 50.43 | 26% more dangerous |
| Irthlingborough | 496 | 49.27 | 23% more dangerous |
| Desborough | 614 | 50.63 | 26% more dangerous |
| Raunds | 541 | 48.54 | 21% more dangerous |
| Duston | 846 | 49.75 | 24% more dangerous |
| Burton Latimer | 431 | 40.11 | - |
| Wootton | 244 | 28.51 | 29% safer |
| Towcester | 506 | 34.08 | 15% safer |
| Brackley | 496 | 28.14 | 30% safer |
Comparing Burton Latimer to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
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| Burton Latimer | 40.11 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 98% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 106% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 110% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 144% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 161% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 162% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 165% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 167% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 169% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 212% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Burton Latimer's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Burton Latimer that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Burton Latimer Allotments | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 |
Recent Crimes in Burton Latimer
The 20 most recent crime reports in Burton Latimer.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
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| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Duke Street | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Sturgess Court | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Sturgess Court | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Victoria Street | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Finedon Road | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Sturgess Court | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Sandpiper Close | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Whitney Road | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near North Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Heath Way | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Yeomans Court | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near High Street | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Langley Court | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Thames Court | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Sturgess Court | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Cadwell Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Langley Court | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Baldwin Drive | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Poplar Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Supermarket |
Methodology & Data Sources
Burton Latimer Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Burton Latimer during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Burton Latimer Data Points
For Burton Latimer, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E04013035.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Burton Latimer's daytime - or "workday" - population of 6,612 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Burton Latimer