Postcode · Northampton
Crime in NN4 7EB
How much crime is recorded in NN4 7EB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cotton End, Brackmills & Hardingstone
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,053 (2024)
How safe is NN4 7EB
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 17.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the NN4 7EB area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
NN4 7EBNational
Burglary26.09.1
Violence and sexual offences13.823.6
Anti-social behaviour3.710.7
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Public order3.44.6
Drugs3.22.4
Other theft1.94.5
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Other crime0.61.5
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Robbery0.31.4
Shoplifting0.28.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.