Crime Statistics for Far Cotton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Far Cotton in October 2024. There were a total of 197 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Far Cotton, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	90
Criminal Damage Arson	25
Public Order	22
Drugs	18
Other Theft	8
Vehicle Crime	8
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Possession Of Weapons	5
Shoplifting	5
Burglary	4
Other Crime	4
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	197

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Far Cotton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Far Cotton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Far Cotton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Far Cotton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
St James’s End (1.39 miles)	657
Abington (2.24 miles)	556
Dallington (2.24 miles)	350
Duston (2.24 miles)	165
Far Cotton	159
Briar Hill (1.39 miles)	152
Hardingstone (0.88 miles)	120
Collingtree (1.86 miles)	34
Shelfleys (1.39 miles)	19
Milton Malsor (2.24 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near Far Cotton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Far Cotton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Abington	250
St James’s End	233
Dallington	117
Far Cotton	90
Briar Hill	59
Duston	51
Hardingstone	44
Collingtree	13
Shelfleys	4
Milton Malsor	3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Far Cotton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Far Cotton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Far Cotton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Far Cotton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Far Cotton is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Castle	92
2	Delapre and Briar Hill	85
3	St James	83
4	Semilong	81
5	Spencer	77
6	Harpole and Grange	51
7	Rushmills	48
8	West Hunsbury	43
9	East Hunsbury	29
10	Nene Valley	16
11	Grange Park	14

Which road in Far Cotton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Far Cotton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.