Total Crime Rate

260.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 260.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.8 9/10
  • Drugs 25.5 10/10
  • Public order 17.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.3 10/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wellingborough 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wellingborough Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cambria Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Birchfield Road East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Norman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Norman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Danefield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Danefield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wessex Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wessex Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wheatfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wheatfield Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wheatfield Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Wheatfield Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briton Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briton Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briton Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briton Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cambria Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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