Total Crime Rate
127.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beech 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.
View Crime In Headlands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cedar Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Briton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lime Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Briton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Street | — |
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