Total Crime Rate

161.4 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 161.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 42.1 8/10
  • Other theft 31.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.5 9/10
  • Robbery 10.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.5 3/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wellingborough Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 130th highest crime rate of 1,080 local areas in North Northamptonshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellingborough Road (NN10 9TB) in the last 12 months was 161.4 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% higher than the Higham Ferrers average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (β‰ˆ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellingborough Road (NN10 9TB), 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 Wellingborough Road area

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

Data Sources

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