Total Crime Rate

89.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 89.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 34.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.0 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lindsay Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Headlands , and the 373rd 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 Lindsay Avenue (NN3 2SH) in the last 12 months was 89.8 per 1,000 residents and was 3.6% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lindsay Avenue (NN3 2SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norman Road (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lindsay Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fieldway —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beverley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Beverley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Beverley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wheatfield Road South Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheatfield Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wessex Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Northumbria Gardens Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Briton Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Saxon Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheatfield Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambria Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Birchfield Road East Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheatfield Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wessex Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wheatfield Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Norman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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