Total Crime Rate
477.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hind Stile area has the 4th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 21st 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 Hind Stile (NN10 8EA) in the last 12 months was 477.7 per 1,000 residents and was 337.6% higher than the Higham Ferrers average (109.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 132 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -61.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 63.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -51.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hind Stile (NN10 8EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 146 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duchy Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Higham Ferrers| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Old Vineyard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barratt Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barratt Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castlefields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duchy Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Hedges | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Higham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duchy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
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