Total Crime Rate
193.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Windmill Avenue area has the 26th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Clover Hill , and the 99th highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North 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 Windmill Avenue (NN16 0RE) in the last 12 months was 193.5 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% higher than the Clover Hill average (137.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -56.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 92.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Windmill Avenue (NN16 0RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poplar Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clover Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Acre Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edmund Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Beech Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Durban Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hodge Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Central Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampden Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fuller Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fuller Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Central Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Central Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hampden Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hampden Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hampden Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampden Crescent | — |
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