Total Crime Rate
55.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wordsworth 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.
View Crime In Daventry East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnull Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taper Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chantelle Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chantelle Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roderick Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Butlin Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | More Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Burns Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Browning Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sexton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenhill Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roderick Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Polar Star Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roderick Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Polar Star Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Roderick Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spenser Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Furnace Drive | — |
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