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West Northamptonshire

West Northamptonshire is a town or village in Northamptonshire, England. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 7 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is not given. There were around 14 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Anti-social behaviour. Covers 98 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, West Northamptonshire is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 425,727 residents at roughly 309 people per km².

54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 120th of 294 English council areas — better than 59% of them.

Home affordability58
Affordable rents57
Good schools72
Life expectancy46
Low deprivation61
Employment44
Low council tax36

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 48% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:32

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

4 reported · August 2026▼ 43% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Shoplifting1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Deanshanger and Grange Park · Northamptonshire

Local policing priorities

  • Road safety and road traffic offences
  • Drug dealing and drug misuse

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

770 reported road collisions (2025)

163 killed or seriously injured · 1,016 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

34 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 26 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Northampton (8.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£289,726 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across West Northamptonshire · to 2026-08

Detached£467,095
Semi-detached£282,970
Terraced£234,451
Flat£139,615

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,084 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £752
  • 2 bed £954
  • 3 bed £1,166

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

5,714 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (10 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (10 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Holiday Inn Northampton West (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

425,727 residents in West Northamptonshire · 309/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK22,696
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK22,216
  • Net moves+480

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 182 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,487 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 185,940)

A £1,658
B £1,934
C £2,210
D £2,487
E £3,039
F £3,592
G £4,144
H £4,973

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

208 schools · 69,080 pupils

147 primary · 18 secondary · 43 other

Ofsted: 87 of 94 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

186 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Northampton AcademyOutstanding
  • Campion SchoolGood
  • Chenderit SchoolGood
  • Kingsthorpe CollegeGood
  • Moulton School and Science CollegeGood
  • Northampton School for GirlsGood
  • St Thomas Becket Catholic SchoolGood
  • Weston Favell AcademyGood
  • Guilsborough AcademyRequires improvement
  • Silverstone UTCRequires improvement
  • Abbeyfield School
  • Elizabeth Woodville School
  • Malcolm Arnold Academy
  • Northampton School
  • Northampton School for Boys
  • Roade Village Academy
  • Sponne School
  • The Parker E-ACT Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Northamptonshire

Care & health services

449 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes108
  • GP practices56
  • Dentists65
  • Homecare agencies169
  • Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Northamptonshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Grand Union Canal)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 55 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

498 applications decided

85.3% granted · 425 granted, 73 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 8
  • Con 17
  • LD 8
  • Ref 39
  • Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

21,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £47,230 avg

e.g. Sales Support Administrator, Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Tutor

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£728 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,629 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

64% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 61,687 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.9 women · 61.6 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Northamptonshire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Bugbrooke · 1.3 km

    Bugbrooke is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the River Nene.

  • Bugbrooke Meadows · 1.4 km

    Bugbrooke Meadows is a 10.1-hectare (25-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Nether Heyford in Northamptonshire. One of the fields with an area of 1.7 hectares is managed by the Wildlife Trust…

  • Campion School, Bugbrooke · 1.6 km

    Campion School is a co-educational secondary school in Bugbrooke, about 6 miles (10 km) from Northampton, Northamptonshire. Founded in 1969, it became a Language College in September 1997, and in 2011 the school becam…

  • Nether Heyford · 1.6 km

    Nether Heyford is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, close to the M1 motorway and the A5 and A45 roads, 6 miles (10 km) west of Northampton and 70 miles (113 km) northwest of London. The sma…

  • Bugbrooke St Michaels F.C. · 2.0 km

    Bugbrooke St Michaels Football Club is a football club based in Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England. They are members of the Spartan South Midlands League Division One and play at Birds Close.

  • Upper Heyford, Northamptonshire · 2.0 km

    Upper Heyford is a village and civil parish 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Northampton, just before Weedon, Northamptonshire, England, not to be confused with one of the same name some 30 miles away across the county border…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)