Crime Rates at Wellingborough Road, Rushden, NN10 9SX

Wellingborough Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 297th lowest crime rate of 1,075 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 Wellingborough Road (NN10 9SX) in the last 12 months was 36.5 per 1,000 residents and was 66.5% lower than the Higham Ferrers average (109.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellingborough Road (NN10 9SX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Midland Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gordon Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.