Total Crime Rate
17.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highfield Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 93rd lowest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North Northamptonshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield Road (NN10 9QN) in the last 12 months was 17.3 per 1,000 residents and was 83.9% lower than the Higham Ferrers average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highfield Road (NN10 9QN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spinney Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tennyson Road (21 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 | Public order | Tennyson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Knuston Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spinney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Cedars | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Cedars | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coronation Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coronation Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Irchester Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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