Total Crime Rate
109.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Willis Way area has the 6th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Deanshanger , and the 278th highest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Willis Way (NN12 6BB) in the last 12 months was 109.3 per 1,000 residents and was 139.7% higher than the Deanshanger average (45.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 61.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willis Way (NN12 6BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hicks Court, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bairstow Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Deanshanger| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wessex Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesketh Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hicks Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bickerstaffes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sun Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vernon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sponnes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Stable Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bairstow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bairstow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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