Rushden

13°CClear

• Today: 17° / 11° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:34

13h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

266 reported · July 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences80
• Anti-social behaviour60
• Shoplifting40
• Public order19

12 stop & searches · mostly evidence of offences under the act

Neighbourhood team: Rushden · Northamptonshire

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

288 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 366 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

259 food businesses within 2 miles

• 214 rated 4–5 ★ (189 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wellingborough (5.3 km)
• 47 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£329,830 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Bedford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,170 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £798
• 2 bed £1,027
• 3 bed £1,256

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (9.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (6.6 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 43 kW
• Nearest: Midland Road (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

185,227 residents in Bedford · 389/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 156 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,472 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 80,810)

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

85 schools · 35,894 pupils

54 primary · 13 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 35 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

75inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bedford

272 CQC-registered services

• Care homes73
• GP practices34
• Dentists50
• Homecare agencies84
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bedford

• Not in the Green Belt
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

221 applications decided

72.4% granted · 160 granted, 61 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Gen Kitchen

Labour

Wellingborough and Rushden

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 12
• Con 14
• LD 13
• Grn 4
• Oth 3

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés55

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

244 jobs advertised · £39,404 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician - Northampton, Mobile Mechanic, Mobile Vehicle Technician - East Midlands

Source: Adzuna

£780 median full-time weekly pay

4.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,626 disposable income per head (2024)

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

54% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 90,060 certificates

9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

21% low-carbon electricity

Gas 77% · Biomass 18% · Wind 3% · Imports 2%

326 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.7 women · 62.5 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wellingborough and Rushden:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s468 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership417 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office348 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test319 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership224 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Rushden · 0.2 km

  Rushden is a town and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire district, in the county of Northamptonshire, England, around 18 miles (29 km) east of Northampton. The parish is on the border with Bedfordshire, 12 mil…

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  Rushden Hall · 0.3 km

  Rushden Hall is a historic Grade II* listed country house located in the town of Rushden in Northamptonshire which was built for the Pemberton family in the 14th century.

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  Council Buildings, Rushden · 0.4 km

  The Council Buildings are based in Newton Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. The structure, which was the headquarters of Rushden Urban District Council, is a locally listed building.

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  Rushden railway station · 0.6 km

  Rushden railway station is a railway station that once served the town of Rushden in Northamptonshire, England. It is now a heritage station at the end of a short running line.

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  Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway · 0.7 km

  The Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway is a branch line heritage railway operated by the Rushden Historical Transport Society in the town of Rushden in the county of Northamptonshire, England.

• Rushden Academy · 1.0 km

  Rushden Academy is an Academy school in Rushden, Northamptonshire, which was founded in 1977. The school was formerly the Chichele College for Girls until 1991 when it was amalgamated to become The Rushden School, reb…

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