Total Crime Rate
179.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Briton Gardens area has the 5th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Headlands , and the 131st highest crime rate of 1,261 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 Briton Gardens (NN3 2BT) in the last 12 months was 179.4 per 1,000 residents and was 92.6% higher than the Headlands average (93.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 52.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 87.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Briton Gardens (NN3 2BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norman Road (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Headlands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Briton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wessex Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Briton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lime Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wessex Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Northumbria Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fieldway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fieldway | Under investigation |
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