Total Crime Rate
171.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Avon Rise area has the 11th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 1,080 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 Avon Rise (NN10 0GR) in the last 12 months was 171.2 per 1,000 residents and was 59.7% higher than the Higham Ferrers average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avon Rise (NN10 0GR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tudor Walk (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Higham Ferrers| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parsonage Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tees Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carey Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Fosse Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Fosse Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Clark Way | — |
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