Total Crime Rate

225.2 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 225.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 29.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.8 10/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Public order 10.7 7/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Duck Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 69th 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 Duck Street (NN10 9SD) in the last 12 months was 225.2 per 1,000 residents and was 110.0% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 3 cases , down -57.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 1000.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 72.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Duck Street (NN10 9SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bridge Court, where police recorded 178 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Skinner'S Hill (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Duck Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzwilliam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freemans Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carnegie Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzwilliam Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzwilliam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fitzwilliam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Burglary Alfred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duck Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beaconsfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alfred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Alfred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alfred Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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