Total Crime Rate

127.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 58.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.1 8/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Beech Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Headlands , and the 226th highest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West 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 Beech Avenue (NN3 2HE) in the last 12 months was 127.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Avenue (NN3 2HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cedar Road East (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beech Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cedar Road East Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road East Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wheatfield Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheatfield Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wheatfield Road South Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lime Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park Avenue
Apr 2026Burglary Briton Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheatfield Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheatfield Close
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lime Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Briton Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Saxon Street

Data Sources

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