Total Crime Rate
189.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dryden Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Daventry East , and the 119th highest crime rate of 1,265 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 Dryden Avenue (NN11 9DJ) in the last 12 months was 189.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.3% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 88.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dryden Avenue (NN11 9DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chantelle Court, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A4256 (15 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 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Road | 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 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shakespeare Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenhill Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sexton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chantelle Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Butlin Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chantelle Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chaucer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Terrace | Local resolution |
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