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Deanshanger

Deanshanger is a town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of around 3,817. It has one pharmacy, one supermarket, three restaurants and cafés, 12 bus stops, and Wolverton railway station is 5.9 km away. There were around 19 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Deanshanger area — all from official UK open data.

The wider council area has around 425,727 residents at roughly 309 people per km².

Council
West Northamptonshire
County
Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 124th of 294 English council areas — better than 58% of them.

Home affordability58
Affordable rents57
Good schools73
Life expectancy49
Employment45
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 70% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

21°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 11° · 65% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:27

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

11 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Deanshanger and Grange Park · Northamptonshire

Local policing priorities

  • The new priorities for this period (April 2026 to September 2026) are: • Rural crime • Road safety and road traffic offences • Drug deali…
  • Road Safety & Road Traffic Offences

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

Road safety

751 reported road collisions (2024)

133 killed or seriously injured · 990 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

93 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 82 rated 4–5 ★ (70 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wolverton (5.9 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wolverton (5.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£292,754 average 2.5% YoY

Across West Northamptonshire · to 2026-06

Detached£474,163
Semi-detached£286,044
Terraced£235,731
Flat£140,304

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,078 average monthly rent 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £748
  • 2 bed £950
  • 3 bed £1,160

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (9.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (8.5 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

40 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Milton Keynes-Hyundai (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches9
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds8

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)

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

148 primary · 17 secondary · 43 other

Ofsted: 88 of 95 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

187inspected 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
  • Sponne School
  • The Parker E-ACT Academy

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

Care & health services

447 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes107
  • GP practices57
  • Dentists64
  • Homecare agencies170
  • Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 79% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Northamptonshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

449 applications decided

90.4% granted · 406 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sarah Bool

Conservative

South Northamptonshire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 8
  • Con 17
  • LD 7
  • Ref 39
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

21,595 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £27,040 avg

e.g. Flexible Part-Time Self-Employed Cleaners - Total Freedom - Deanshanger, Northamptonshire

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

Grid electricity

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Solar 19% · Gas 11% · Biomass 10%

57 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

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 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Elizabeth Woodville School · 0.5 km

    The Elizabeth Woodville School, in Northamptonshire, England, is a secondary school with academy status, run by the Tove Learning Trust. It was formed by the merger of Roade Sports College and Kingsbrook Specialist Bu…

  • Deanshanger · 0.6 km

    Deanshanger is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, near Milton Keynes. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,817. Deanshanger is 50 miles (80 km) northwest of London, 5…

  • Passenham · 1.7 km

    Passenham is a small village in West Northamptonshire, England. It is just north of the River Great Ouse, which forms the boundary with Buckinghamshire, and close to Stony Stratford in Milton Keynes.

  • Wicken, Northamptonshire · 1.9 km

    Wicken is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire. It is about one mile north of the A422 road between Milton Keynes and Buckingham and forms part of West Northamptonshire district. At the…

  • Old Stratford · 2.0 km

    Old Stratford is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 1,935. The 'Stratford' part of the village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin and mea…

  • Puxley · 2.0 km

    Puxley is a hamlet in the West Northamptonshire civil parish of Deanshanger. England. It is 6 miles (10 km) west of Milton Keynes

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Deanshanger?
Deanshanger is a town in Northamptonshire, England, in the West Northamptonshire local authority.
What is the population of Deanshanger?
Deanshanger has an approximate settlement population of 3,817.