Total Crime Rate
89.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ploughman Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Daventry West , and the 375th highest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West Northamptonshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ploughman Drive (NN11 3UJ) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 39.7% higher than the Daventry West average (64.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ploughman Drive (NN11 3UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Miller Close, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Furniss Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Woodford and Weedon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacemaker Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Miller Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonemason Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Miller Close | Under investigation |
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