Total Crime Rate

114.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Keats Way area has the 20th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 245th 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 Keats Way (NN10 6EE) in the last 12 months was 114.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Keats Way (NN10 6EE), the main crime hotspot is near Heaney Park. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Keats Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Knuston Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Irchester Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Cedars —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Cedars Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heaney Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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