Total Crime Rate

475.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

98.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 475.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 330.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 98.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.3 9/10
  • Public order 19.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Robbery 8.2 8/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Headlands , and the 31st highest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West Northamptonshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beech Avenue (NN3 2JG) in the last 12 months was 475.4 per 1,000 residents and was 410.4% higher than the Headlands average (93.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 121 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Avenue (NN3 2JG), 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Lindsay Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wheatfield Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheatfield Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lindsay Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lindsay Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lindsay Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lime Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lime Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Briton Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheatfield Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheatfield Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wheatfield Road South Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lindsay Terrace —
Apr 2026Other crime Lindsay Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Addison Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addison Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Cedar Road East Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chestnut Terrace —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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