NORTHAMPTON

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Crime in Northampton: Introduction

Northamptonshire is a safe county as a whole although there are two exceptions. These are Northampton and Corby, both with high levels of crime. Historically, this is a frequancy which has gone on for decades and doesn't seem like it is going to change.

The government supply crime statistics every year based on all types of crime, this is added up to a figure which is totalled for every three months which is done four times a year [as there are 12 months in a year]

When looking at Northampton in ranking to other town/cities with a population of over 100,000 [including London boroughs] Northampton has been placed 19th out of 140 in 2003 and 2004 for highest levels of crime in England.

Total	City/Town	2003	Total	City/Town	2004
110	westminster	1	107	westminster	1
106	nottingham	2	96	nottingham	2
98	camden	3	86	camden	3
94	hull	4	84	islington	4
91	islington	5	81	hull	5
89	manchester	6	79	manchester	6
77	tower hamlets	7	73	bristol	7
76	bristol	8	72	middlesbrough	8
76	reading	9	71	reading	9
75	hackney	10	71	peterborough	10
74	lambeth	11	70	tower hamlets	11
73	peterborough	12	70	liverpool	12
72	southwark	13	70	hackney	13
72	norwich	14	69	southwark	14
72	gloucester	15	68	lambeth	15
71	kensington & chelsea	16	68	norwich	16
71	middlesbrough	17	67	blackpool	17
70	leeds	18	66	leicester	18
70	northampton	19	66	northampton	19
68	slough	20	65	preston	20
25	sailsbury	..140	24	sailsbury	..140

SNAPSHOT: Crime is taken in a numerous amount of different categories including burglary, criminal damage, sex offences, drug offences, fraud and forgery, robbery, vehicle burglary/other and violence against person. [based on January-March 2004 statistics]

Town/Cities with highest by category:
Burglary - Nottingham
Criminal Damage - Hull
Drug Offence - City Of Westminster
Robbery - Hackney
Sex Offence - Middlesbrough
Vehicle/Other - City Of Westminster
Violence - Hull

Northampton's ranking in each category [1st = worst]

Burglary - 8th
Criminal Damage - 19th
Drug Offence - 112th
Robbery - 28th
Sex Offence - 76th
Vehicle/Other - 19th
Violence - 32nd

Northampton in comparison to surronding cities/towns.

Total	City/Town	2004
97	nottingham	1
71	peterborough	2
66	leicester	3
66	northampton	3
65	lincoln	5
61	oxford	6
56	cambridge	7
53	luton	8
51	coventry	9
51	milton keynes	9
46	wellingborough	11
43	bedford	12
37	rugby	13

The Reform 2006 Study

Northampton finished 17th out of 58 town and cities over 100,000 in this study.
It finished 29th of 89 including London boroughs.

Most notably, Northampton featured 12th in burglary rates
14th in robbery rates
23rd in vechile rates
3rd in gun rates

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