Total Crime Rate
151.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Short Stocks area has the 16th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 1,075 local areas in North 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 Short Stocks (NN10 0EB) in the last 12 months was 151.4 per 1,000 residents and was 38.7% higher than the Higham Ferrers average (109.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 63.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Short Stocks (NN10 0EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grafton Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maple Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ennerdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nippendale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallery Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carey Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Knowles Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Maple Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deacon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carey Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosse Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blinco Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.