Total Crime Rate
120.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beech Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Headlands , and the 246th highest crime rate of 1,265 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 120.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% higher than the Headlands average (94.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.4% 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 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cedar Road East (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Headlands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheatfield Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cedar Road East | Under investigation |
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