Total Crime Rate

215.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 215.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 63.0 10/10
  • Public order 30.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 5/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

High Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 79th 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 High Street (NN10 0PB) in the last 12 months was 215.5 per 1,000 residents and was 100.9% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 109.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (NN10 0PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bridge Court, where police recorded 178 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Broadlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaconsfield Place
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beaconsfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Fitzwilliam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bridge Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bridge Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bridge Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Court
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Court
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaconsfield Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzwilliam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Street

Data Sources

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