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.
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 120th of 294 English council areas — better than 59% of them.
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
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
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)
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:
- Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 401 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND269 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth236 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills233 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks221 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Bugbrooke · 1.3 kmBugbrooke is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the River Nene.
Bugbrooke Meadows · 1.4 kmBugbrooke 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 kmCampion 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 kmNether 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 kmBugbrooke 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)
Towns in West Northamptonshire
- Ashton (West Northamptonshire)
- Aston le Walls
- Aynho
- Badby
- Banbury
- Barby
- Blakesley
- Blisworth
- Boughton (West Northamptonshire)
- Brackley
- Brafield-on-the-Green
- Braunston
- Brixworth
- Bugbrooke
- Byfield
- Chacombe
- Chapel Brampton
- Charlton (West Northamptonshire)
- Chipping Warden
- Church Brampton
- Clipston
- Cogenhoe
- Collingtree and Milton Malsor
- Cosgrove
- Cottesbrooke
- Creaton
- Crick
- Croughton
- Culworth
- Daventry
- Deanshanger
- Denton (West Northamptonshire)
- East Farndon
- East Haddon
- Edgcote
- Evenley
- Eydon
- Farthinghoe
- Flore
- Gayton (West Northamptonshire)
- Great Houghton (West Northamptonshire)
- Greatworth
- Greens Norton
- Guilsborough
- Hackleton
- Harpole
- Hartwell
- Helmdon
- Hinton-in-the-Hedges
- Horton (West Northamptonshire)
- Kilsby
- Kings Sutton
- Kislingbury
- Little Houghton
- Long Buckby
- Long Buckby Wharf
- Lubenham
- Maidwell
- Middleton Cheney
- Milton Keynes
- Moreton Pinkney
- Moulton (West Northamptonshire)
- Naseby
- Nether Heyford
- Newnham (West Northamptonshire)
- Old Stratford
- Onley
- Pattishall and Astcote
- Paulerspury
- Piddington (West Northamptonshire)
- Pitsford
- Potterspury
- Radstone
- Ravensthorpe
- Roade
- Rothersthorpe
- Rugby
- Silverstone
- Spratton
- Staverton
- Stoke Bruerne
- Stoneton
- Sulgrave
- Syresham
- Towcester
- Turweston
- Upper Boddington
- Walgrave
- Watford (West Northamptonshire)
- Weedon Bec
- Welford (West Northamptonshire)
- Welton (West Northamptonshire)
- West Haddon
- Whittlebury
- Woodford Halse
- Yardley Gobion
- Yardley Hastings
- Yelvertoft