Total Crime Rate
89.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashdown 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.
View Crime In Kingswood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fineshade Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charnwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Occupation Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shrubfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shrubfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Occupation Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashdown Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ashdown Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Forest Gate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upperfield Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eskdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Deene Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Place | Under investigation |
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