Total Crime Rate
121.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Danewood Gardens area has the 8th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Headlands , and the 245th highest crime rate of 1,261 local areas in West Northamptonshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Danewood Gardens (NN3 2LU) in the last 12 months was 121.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% higher than the Headlands average (93.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 28.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Danewood Gardens (NN3 2LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadmead Avenue, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whiteland Road (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 | Public order | Beverley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindsay Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindsay Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchfield Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Birchfield Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wessex Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindsay Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fieldway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wessex Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lindsay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Northumbria Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Beverley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fieldway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Addison Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whiteland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandiland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Alban'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosgill Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosgill Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandiland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandiland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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