Total Crime Rate

55.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 55.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 27th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Daventry East , and the 613th highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wordsworth Road (NN11 9BH) in the last 12 months was 55.9 per 1,000 residents and was 52.4% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Road (NN11 9BH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wordsworth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Highfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnull Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taper Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chantelle Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chantelle Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Highfield Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roderick Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Butlin Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences More Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Burns Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Browning Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sexton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenhill Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roderick Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Polar Star Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Roderick Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Polar Star Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Roderick Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Spenser Crescent Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furnace Drive —

Data Sources

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