Crime Rate in Higham Ferrers, ward

Higham Ferrers has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 wards in North Northamptonshire district and the 1500th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 135th highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Higham Ferrers in the last 12 months was 107.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% higher than the North Northamptonshire district average (94.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Higham Ferrers’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 413 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 30.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 505 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Higham Ferrers ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 408 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.