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Ketton

Ketton is a village in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of around 1,926. There is 1 bus stop and the nearest railway station is Stamford, 4.9 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ketton area — all from official UK open data.

The wider council area has around 359,523 residents at roughly 364 people per km².

Council
North Northamptonshire
County
Northamptonshire
Constituency
Corby
Police force
Northamptonshire
51/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 141st of 294 English council areas — better than 52% of them.

Home affordability64
Affordable rents59
Good schools57
Life expectancy33
Employment48
Low council tax54

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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 66% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:24

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

7 reported · July 2026 17% YoY

  • Drugs2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Burglary1
  • Other theft1

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Rutland South · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • Rural crime: You said: The issue of theft of agricultural equipment and other plant from commercial farming locations, equipment being us…
  • Theft and Burglary: you said: The issues of theft and burglary, commercial burglary, but also dwelling breaks and theft offences are a pr…

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

Road safety

489 reported road collisions (2024)

109 killed or seriously injured · 642 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

18 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 16 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Stamford (5.5 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stamford (5.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£256,610 average 3.4% YoY

Across North Northamptonshire · to 2026-06

Detached£409,963
Semi-detached£252,781
Terraced£203,525
Flat£118,316

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£988 average monthly rent 5.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £681
  • 2 bed £878
  • 3 bed £1,063

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

Affordability

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (7.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (10.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (10.5 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Normanton Hall Hotel (4.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches11
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

359,523 residents in North Northamptonshire · 364/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Council tax

£2,424 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 161,180)

A £1,616
B £1,885
C £2,155
D £2,424
E £2,963
F £3,501
G £4,040
H £4,848

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

Schools

154 schools · 58,508 pupils

111 primary · 20 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 61 of 68 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

144inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Brooke Weston AcademyGood
  • Corby Business AcademyGood
  • Kettering Science AcademyGood
  • Prince William SchoolGood
  • Rushden AcademyGood
  • Sir Christopher Hatton AcademyGood
  • Southfield School for GirlsGood
  • The Ferrers SchoolGood
  • Wollaston SchoolGood
  • Lodge Park AcademyRequires improvement
  • Manor SchoolInadequate
  • Montsaye AcademyInadequate
  • Bishop Stopford School
  • Corby Technical School
  • Huxlow Academy
  • Kingswood Secondary Academy
  • The Latimer Arts College
  • Weavers Academy
  • Weldon Village Academy
  • Wrenn School

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

Care & health services

395 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes113
  • GP practices37
  • Dentists62
  • Homecare agencies145
  • Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Northamptonshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Ketton)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 96 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

258 applications decided

89.9% granted · 232 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Alicia Kearns

Conservative

Rutland and Stamford

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 4
  • Con 11
  • LD 1
  • Grn 8
  • Ref 39
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

17,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

12 jobs advertised · £30,647 avg

e.g. Care Assistant - Care Home, Skilled labourer - Ketton, Become a Computer science Tutor in Ketton – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£750 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,357 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

65% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 49,917 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 65% · Biomass 20% · Solar 11% · Imports 3%

280 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.3 women · 58.7 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutland and Stamford:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Church of St Mary the Virgin, Ketton · 0.3 km

    The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a church in Ketton, Rutland. The Church of England parish church is a Grade I listed building.

  • Ketton · 0.4 km

    Ketton is a village and civil parish in Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is about 8 miles (13 km) east of Oakham and 3 miles (5 km) west of Stamford, Lincolnshire. The 2011 Census recorded a parish populati…

  • Ketton and Collyweston railway station · 0.6 km

    Ketton and Collyweston railway station is a former station serving the villages of Ketton, Geeston, Aldgate and Collyweston, Rutland. It is located in Geeston adjacent to a level crossing on the Ketton to Collyweston…

  • Ketton Cement Works · 1.4 km

    Ketton Cement Works is a large cement plant and quarry based in the village of Ketton in the county of Rutland in the United Kingdom. Now owned by HeidelbergCement, the plant produces around one tenth of the UK's Port…

  • Ketton Quarries · 1.5 km

    Ketton Quarries is a 115.6-hectare (286-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Ketton in Rutland. It is a Geological Conservation Review site, and an area of 27.5 hectares is manag…

  • Rutland Roman villa · 1.8 km

    The Rutland Roman villa is a Romano-British villa site near Ketton in Rutland, England. The site was listed as a scheduled monument by Historic England on 23 November 2021. The villa includes the first example of a Ro…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ketton?
Ketton is a town in Northamptonshire, England, in the North Northamptonshire local authority.
What is the population of Ketton?
Ketton has an approximate settlement population of 1,926.