# Higham Ferrers Town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands. Higham Ferrers is a town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands. Median sale price £275,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 83.4 per 1,000 people. About 8,805 people. Town. Code E63003218. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire) Higham Ferrers is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Higham Ferrers add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £275,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Higham Ferrers was £275,000 in 2025. Joint 496th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/higham-ferrers#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 8,825** (2021). Higham Ferrers had 8,825 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 136th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/higham-ferrers#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 96%** (2022). About 96% of people in Higham Ferrers live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/higham-ferrers#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.1%** (January 2026). In Higham Ferrers, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/higham-ferrers#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003218) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 96% of people in Higham Ferrers live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63003218) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 154 homes were sold in Higham Ferrers in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003218) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Higham Ferrers. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003218) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Higham Ferrers had 8,825 usual residents at the census. ## How Higham Ferrers compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Higham Ferrers | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £275,000 | joint 22nd most expensive | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 8,825 | 11th least populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 96% | joint 24th most people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 99.1% | 5th highest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Higham Ferrers safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Higham Ferrers at a rate of 83.4 per 1,000 people. That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across East Midlands. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 71 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Higham Ferrers. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (224), anti-social behaviour (188) and shoplifting (123). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Higham Ferrers was 76.7 per 1,000 people. Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates. Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest. ## Deprivation in Higham Ferrers, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Higham Ferrers has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Higham Ferrers | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [North Northamptonshire 035A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027034) | 1,620 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% | | [North Northamptonshire 035B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027035) | 1,488 | 79.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% | | [North Northamptonshire 035C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027037) | 2,565 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% | | [North Northamptonshire 035D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01033244) | 2,696 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% | | [North Northamptonshire 035E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01033245) | 1,077 | 217.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% | ## Your MP - [Wellingborough and Rushden](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wellingborough-and-rushden): Gen Kitchen (Labour), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [North Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire) ## Postcode districts covering Higham Ferrers [NN10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nn10) ## Middle areas in Higham Ferrers [Higham Ferrers](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/higham-ferrers) ## Towns near Higham Ferrers [Rushden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rushden), [Irthlingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/irthlingborough), [Raunds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/raunds), [Wellingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wellingborough), [Burton Latimer](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-latimer), [Kettering](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kettering) ## Higham Ferrers in brief Higham Ferrers is a town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands. About 8,805 people lived in Higham Ferrers in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 154 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Higham Ferrers was £275,000 in 2025. Higham Ferrers had 8,825 usual residents at the census. About 96% of people in Higham Ferrers live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Higham Ferrers, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63003218 - Constituency: [Wellingborough and Rushden †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wellingborough-and-rushden) - Council: [North Northamptonshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire) - Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 2.13 km² - People, mid-2024: 8,805* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 24 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Rushden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rushden), [Irthlingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/irthlingborough), [Raunds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/raunds), [Wellingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wellingborough), [Burton Latimer](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-latimer), [Kettering](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kettering) ## Latest updates for Higham Ferrers - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63003218 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/higham-ferrers, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/higham-ferrers#f-house-sales-median-price. 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