Headlands
WardThe east of the West Northamptonshire. About 19,317 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Headlands live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Headlands compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Headlands safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Headlands at a rate of 100.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.1 per 1,000 people across West Northamptonshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 234 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Headlands.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (698), anti-social behaviour (378) and shoplifting (338).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of West Northamptonshire
These figures are published for the whole of West Northamptonshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of West Northamptonshire and not Headlands alone. See West Northamptonshire
Headlands in brief
Headlands had 18,802 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Headlands live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Headlands, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Headlands, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.