Total Crime Rate

350.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

101.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 350.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 115.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 101.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 57.8 8/10
  • Public order 28.9 10/10
  • Burglary 25.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Drugs 14.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 31st 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 High Street (NN10 0PR) in the last 12 months was 350.2 per 1,000 residents and was 220.8% higher than the Higham Ferrers average (109.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 101.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (NN10 0PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Street, where police recorded 137 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Skinner'S Hill (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Skinner'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Skinner'S Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Alfred Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Highgrove Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Skinner'S Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A5028 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A5028 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A5028 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Skinner'S Hill —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Skinner'S Hill —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beaconsfield Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rectory Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Skinner'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Alfred Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order High Street South Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Crabb Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crabb Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft High Street South Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Wheatcroft Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wheatcroft Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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