Total Crime Rate
260.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wellingborough Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Headlands , and the 76th highest crime rate of 1,265 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 Wellingborough Road (NN3 3HU) in the last 12 months was 260.2 per 1,000 residents and was 174.4% higher than the Headlands average (94.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 150.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 490.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellingborough Road (NN3 3HU), the main crime hotspot is near Norman Road. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Headlands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cambria Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Birchfield Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Danefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Danefield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wessex Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Wessex Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheatfield Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Briton Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Briton Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Briton Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cambria Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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