Crap Towns / Wellingborough / Crime

How much crime is there in Wellingborough?

The police recorded 105 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Wellingborough from September 2023 to August 2026, 38% higher than the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 44.9. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 95.5, down from 108 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	108	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	111	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	95.5	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	44.9	34.1
Shoplifting	13.5	7.1
Criminal damage and arson	7.7	7.0
Vehicle crime	7.7	3.8
Other theft	6.9	5.4
Public order	6.3	6.6
Drugs	5.8	2.4
Burglary	3.6	3.1
Other crime	3.2	2.0
Possession of weapons	2.0	0.8
Robbery	1.9	0.6
Bicycle theft	0.8	0.5
Theft from the person	0.4	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Wellingborough	–	105
Northampton	15.2 km	99.2
Kettering	10.5 km	94.9
Rushden	7.3 km	82.5
Rothwell	15.0 km	63.6
Higham Ferrers	7.4 km	63.5
Irthlingborough	6.6 km	53.1
Raunds	11.7 km	51.3
Burton Latimer	6.8 km	42.7
Earls Barton	5.4 km	36.8
Brixworth	14.0 km	30.5
The typical town	–	76.2