Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (95 postcode areas) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 39.1% | 23. highest | 123% | 27.7k | -8.2% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 15.9% | 38. highest | 113% | 11.3k | -2.2% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 7.5% | 40. highest | 105% | 5.3k | -11.1% |
Other theft crime → | 6.8% | 47. highest | 94% | 4.8k | -7.5% |
Shoplifting crime → | 6.5% | 46. highest | 102% | 4.6k | 31.0% |
Vehicle crime → | 5.6% | 42. highest | 99% | 4.0k | 2.2% |
Public order crime → | 5.3% | 13. lowest | 74% | 3.7k | -17.6% |
Burglary crime → | 4.3% | 36. highest | 110% | 3.0k | 7.0% |
Drugs crime → | 3.1% | 24. highest | 126% | 2.2k | 4.9% |
Other crime → | 2.2% | 20. highest | 138% | 1.6k | -1.5% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 1.3% | 8. highest | 158% | 919 | -0.6% |
Robbery crime → | 1.2% | 28. highest | 98% | 818 | 3.3% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 0.8% | 40. lowest | 77% | 555 | 20.4% |
Theft from the person crime → | 0.4% | 20. lowest | 21% | 278 | -21.7% |
Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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The category of "possession of weapons crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Possession of weapons crime" rate is at 158% of national crime rate which puts Northampton on 8. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Possession of weapons crime" makes up 1.3% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 919 cases and has decreased by 0.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.