Total Crime Rate
64.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wilford Avenue area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Billing and Rectory Farm , and the 527th highest crime rate of 1,265 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 Wilford Avenue (NN3 9UX) in the last 12 months was 64.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.9% lower than the Billing and Rectory Farm average (96.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wilford Avenue (NN3 9UX), the main crime hotspot is near Flaxwell Court. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Billing and Rectory Farm| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coneywell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxwell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thebwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Strelley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Fairoaks | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brickwell Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brickwell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brickwell Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyswell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nuthall Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seaton Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seaton Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxwell Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nuthall Close | Under investigation |
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