Total Crime Rate

89.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 89.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ashdown Place area has the 16th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Kingswood , and the 340th highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashdown Place (NN17 1FH) in the last 12 months was 89.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% lower than the Kingswood average (117.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashdown Place (NN17 1FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Forest Gate Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ashdown Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fineshade Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Charnwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Occupation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shrubfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shrubfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charnwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Occupation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashdown Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashdown Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ashdown Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Forest Gate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upperfield Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eskdale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Deene Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashdown Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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