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West Northamptonshire crime rate and statistics (council area)
Updated October 2026.
Police published 40,912 street-crime records for the West Northamptonshire council area from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 7.0% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 96.1 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 95.3 for Northamptonshire Police. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
These figures cover the whole area West Northamptonshire council runs. Its boundary can differ from the place people call West Northamptonshire: it can take in other towns and villages, and part of a town can sit in a neighbouring council area.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
40,912
Latest month (August 2026)
3,892
Year-on-year
+7.0%
Month-by-month totals
4,0650
3.3k
Sep
3.4k
Oct
3.1k
Nov
3.0k
Dec
3.2k
Jan
2.9k
Feb
3.3k
Mar
3.3k
Apr
3.8k
May
3.7k
Jun
4.1k
Jul
3.9k
Aug
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Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
3,268
October 2025
3,392
November 2025
3,055
December 2025
3,027
January 2026
3,164
February 2026
2,902
March 2026
3,284
April 2026
3,346
May 2026
3,774
June 2026
3,743
July 2026
4,065
August 2026
3,892
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
West Northamptonshire council area
96.1
Northamptonshire Police
95.3
Residents are the Census 2021 usual residents of every postcode the ONS Postcode Directory places in this council area, added up by CrimeMapsUK from the census postcode counts. Records are assigned through the same postcodes, so both numbers cover the same ground. The total can differ slightly from the council's official population.
40,912 records and 425,614 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Top crime categories
Share of the West Northamptonshire council area's records in the same trailing window. The black line on each bar marks the England and Wales share for the same months.
Violence and sexual offences33.4%
13,673 records · England and Wales 35.5%
Anti-social behaviour23.2%
9,512 records · England and Wales 15.7%
Shoplifting7.8%
3,202 records · England and Wales 8.7%
Other theft6.1%
2,476 records · England and Wales 6.7%
Criminal damage and arson5.8%
2,356 records · England and Wales 7.0%
Public order5.8%
2,353 records · England and Wales 6.9%
Vehicle crime5.4%
2,214 records · England and Wales 5.1%
Burglary4.1%
1,671 records · England and Wales 3.7%
Where records cluster in the West Northamptonshire council area
A council area follows the council's boundary (ONS local authority district E06000062), which can differ from the place people call West Northamptonshire.
Published locations are approximate, and each record counts for the council area of its nearest postcode, using the council codes in the ONS Postcode Directory. Counts near the boundary are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Other sites can show a different figure for West Northamptonshire. These counts include anti-social behaviour, cover the 12 published months shown, and assign each record by its nearest postcode. The rate divides by Census 2021 residents of the same postcodes, not by a later mid-year population estimate.
Districts with a page and at least 5% of their live postcodes in this council area. A district can cross a council boundary, so its page counts records on both sides.