Total Crime Rate
93.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wordsworth Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Daventry East , and the 352nd 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 9BG) in the last 12 months was 93.0 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wordsworth Road (NN11 9BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chantelle Court, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Betjeman Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Daventry East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chantelle Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Burns Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | More Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chantelle Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnull Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taper Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenhill Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Spenser Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spenser Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roderick Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Polar Star Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Polar Star Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roderick Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roderick Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Furnace Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roderick Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Butlin Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Roderick Way | Under investigation |
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