Crime Rates at Wellingborough Road, Rushden, NN10 9YG

Wellingborough Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Higham Ferrers , and the 225th highest crime rate of 1,075 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 Wellingborough Road (NN10 9YG) in the last 12 months was 118.2 per 1,000 residents and was 8.3% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellingborough Road (NN10 9YG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Street, where police recorded 137 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Skinner'S Hill (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.