Total Crime Rate

100.0 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 100.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.3 8/10
  • Public order 12.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Purvis Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 289th highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Purvis Road (NN10 9QA) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.7% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Purvis Road (NN10 9QA), the main crime hotspot is near Fitzwilliam Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Purvis Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montague Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purvis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Purvis Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moor Road
Sep 2025Other theft Pemberton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wilson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montague Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Fitzwilliam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzwilliam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzwilliam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences H E Bates Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences H E Bates Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson H E Bates Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wentworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wentworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road
Sep 2025Public order Midland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sartoris Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzwilliam Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Purvis Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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