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Greens Norton

Greens Norton is a town or village in Northamptonshire, England. There are 5 bus stops serving the area. There were around 3 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 Greens Norton 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

19°CCloudy

  • Today: 22° / 11° · 86% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:28

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

5 reported · July 2026 17% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Silverstone · 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

94 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 78 rated 4–5 ★ (69 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Northampton (13.3 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: 175.9p · Asda (9.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Asda (9.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Towcester (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches18
  • Playgrounds4

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
  • 26 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

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

21,595 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Primary school Tutor in Greens Norton – Flexible & Remote, Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Greens Norton – Flexible Schedule, Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 57% · Gas 17% · Solar 15% · Biomass 8%

76 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

  • Greens Norton · 0.0 km

    Greens Norton is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, just over 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Towcester. At the 2011 census the parish, including Caswell and Duncote, had a population of 1,526…

  • Greens Norton Pocket Park · 0.7 km

    Greens Norton Pocket Park is a 2-hectare (4.9-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Greens Norton in Northamptonshire. It is owned and managed by Green Norton Parish Council.

  • Duncote · 1.1 km

    Duncote is a hamlet in the civil parish of Greens Norton in West Northamptonshire, England. The hamlet is 2 miles (3.2 km) North west of Towcester.

  • Towcester railway station · 2.0 km

    Towcester was a railway station on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway which served the town of Towcester in Northamptonshire, England between 1866 and 1964.

  • Caswell, Northamptonshire · 2.2 km

    Caswell is a lost settlement within Greens Norton civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Towcester, 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Northampton and 12 miles (19 km) no…

  • Caldecote, Northamptonshire · 2.3 km

    Caldecote is a hamlet in Northamptonshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Towcester.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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