Total Crime Rate
82.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mallard Close area has the 40th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 390th 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 Mallard Close (NN10 8JQ) in the last 12 months was 82.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 128.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mallard Close (NN10 8JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper George Street, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanwick Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Higham Ferrers| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanwick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heron Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper George Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper George Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanwick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanwick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Leys | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Leys | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Leys | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Leys | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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