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Kilsby

Kilsby is a village in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of around 1,196. It has one bus stop, with the nearest railway station being Rugby, 7 km away. There were around 7 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 Kilsby area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Northamptonshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 425,727 residents at roughly 309 people per km².

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

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 120th of 294 English council areas — better than 59% of them.

Home affordability58
Affordable rents57
Good schools72
Life expectancy46
Low deprivation61
Employment44
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 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

7°CCloudy

  • Today: 9° / 5° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:28

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

46US 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

13 reported · August 2026▲ 333% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Crick and Long Buckby · 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

  • 23 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Rugby (7.0 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Rugby (6.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£289,726 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across West Northamptonshire · to 2026-08

Detached£467,095
Semi-detached£282,970
Terraced£234,451
Flat£139,615

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 (8.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (8.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Ibis Hotel Rugby (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds1

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)

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

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 44 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

Your MP

Stuart Andrew

Conservative

Daventry

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge

Source: UK Parliament

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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

21,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

30 jobs advertised · £34,257 avg

e.g. Forklift Truck Driver, HGV Class 1 Driver, Experienced Night Heavy Forklift/Reach Stacker Driver

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

75% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Biomass 31% · Gas 21% · Imports 4%

120 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in CV23

  • Revel Surgery
  • Brookside Surgery
  • Hmp Onley

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Daventry:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Kilsby · 0.3 km

    Kilsby is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. It is situated a short distance south of the border with Warwickshire, approximately 5 miles (8 km…

  • Kilsby Tunnel · 1.0 km

    The Kilsby Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the West Coast Main Line in England, near the village of Kilsby in Northamptonshire, roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Rugby. It is 2,423 yards (2,216 m) long.

  • Kilsby and Crick railway station · 1.6 km

    Kilsby and Crick was a railway station on the Northampton Loop Line serving the villages of Kilsby and Crick in Northamptonshire. It was located to the eastern side of where the railway crossed the A5 road at the site…

  • Barby Storage Reservoir · 1.7 km

    Barby Storage Reservoir is an underground reservoir near Barby in Northamptonshire, England, owned and operated by Severn Trent Water. It supplies drinking water to Rugby, being fed by water pumped from Draycote Water.

  • Barby Nortoft · 1.8 km

    Barby Nortoft is a settlement in the civil parish of Barby, in the English county of Northamptonshire. It is south-east of the town of Rugby, Warwickshire. The population of the settlement is included in the civil par…

  • Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal · 1.8 km

    Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) is a rail-road intermodal freight terminal with an associated warehousing estate in Northamptonshire, England. The facility is located at the junctions between the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Kilsby?
Kilsby is a town in Northamptonshire, England, in the West Northamptonshire local authority.
What is the population of Kilsby?
Kilsby has an approximate settlement population of 1,196.
How deprived is Kilsby?
The West Northamptonshire local authority, which includes Kilsby, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.