Total Crime Rate

139.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 139.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.9 9/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Harborough Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 171st highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Harborough Road (NN10 0FS) in the last 12 months was 139.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.6% higher than the Higham Ferrers average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 170.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 91.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 145.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harborough Road (NN10 0FS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Little Street, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harborough Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Harborough Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southfields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rye Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Little Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Little Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southfields —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Southfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oliver Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rye Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rye Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Rye Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denmark Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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