Total Crime Rate

556.0 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 556.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 138.5 9/10
  • Other theft 109.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 103.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 63.7 10/10
  • Public order 46.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.6 10/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Robbery 8.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

St Peters Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 16th 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 St Peters Avenue (NN10 6XW) in the last 12 months was 556.0 per 1,000 residents and was 418.6% 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 158.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Peters Avenue (NN10 6XW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heaney Park, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gordon Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Peters Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Cedars Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Knuston Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westfield Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Irchester Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Cedars —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gravely Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gordon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heaney Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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