Total Crime Rate

375.5 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 375.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 122.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 61.4 8/10
  • Drugs 25.3 10/10
  • Public order 21.7 9/10
  • Burglary 18.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Other crime 14.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 5th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 28th 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 High Street (NN10 0PD) in the last 12 months was 375.5 per 1,000 residents and was 250.2% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 240.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 148.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (NN10 0PD), 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 2025Drugs Alfred Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Public order High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Monarch Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bridge Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaconsfield Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaconsfield Place —

Data Sources

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