Total Crime Rate
101.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadway East area has the 11th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Headlands , and the 320th 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 Broadway East (NN3 2PS) in the last 12 months was 101.1 per 1,000 residents and was 8.5% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -5.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway East (NN3 2PS), the main crime hotspot is near Norman Road. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Headlands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | Robbery | Birchfield Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchfield Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fieldway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindsay Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beverley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lindsay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Beverley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Northumbria Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindsay Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosgill Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fieldway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Briton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambria Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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