Total Crime Rate

90.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.9 7/10
  • Other crime 13.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.7 4/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wordsworth Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Daventry East , and the 360th highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wordsworth Road (NN11 9BE) in the last 12 months was 90.8 per 1,000 residents and was 22.7% lower than the Daventry East average (117.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Road (NN11 9BE), the main crime hotspot is near Betjeman Close. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wordsworth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Polar Star Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Highfield Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Highfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taper Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenhill Crescent —
Sep 2025Other crime Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Spenser Crescent Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Spenser Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furnace Drive —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Polar Star Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morning Star Road —
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Data Sources

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