Total Crime Rate
69.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Danefield Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Headlands , and the 487th highest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West Northamptonshire .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Danefield Road (NN3 2LT) in the last 12 months was 69.1 per 1,000 residents and was 25.8% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Danefield Road (NN3 2LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wheatfield Close, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beverley Crescent (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Headlands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Birchfield Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosgill Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beverley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Beverley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fieldway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchfield Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindsay Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambria Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Northumbria Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandiland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandiland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandiland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wessex Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosgill Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wessex Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindsay Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lindsay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fieldway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindsay Avenue | — |
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