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Little Harrowden

Little Harrowden is a village in Northamptonshire, England. It has 8 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Wellingborough, 4.7 km away. There were around 5 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 Little Harrowden area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Northamptonshire area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 359,523 residents at roughly 364 people per km².

Council
North Northamptonshire
County
Northamptonshire
Constituency
Wellingborough
Police force
Northamptonshire
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My Area Score

Good

Ranked 147th of 294 English council areas — better than 50% of them.

Home affordability64
Affordable rents59
Good schools56
Life expectancy29
Low deprivation54
Employment44
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 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

11°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 22% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:32

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US 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

5 reported · August 2026▼ 29% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Earls Barton · Northamptonshire

Local policing priorities

  • ASB motorcycle nuisance
  • Drug dealing and drug misuse

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

Road safety

557 reported road collisions (2025)

161 killed or seriously injured · 705 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

72 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 60 rated 4–5 ★ (49 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wellingborough (4.7 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wellingborough (4.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£252,884 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across North Northamptonshire · to 2026-08

Detached£401,061
Semi-detached£249,321
Terraced£201,883
Flat£117,641

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£992 average monthly rent▲ 5.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £683
  • 2 bed £882
  • 3 bed £1,067

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

Property sales

4,989 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: 156.9p · BP (6.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (8.4 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

38 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Hatton Avenue (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches5
  • Golf courses1
  • 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK18,012
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK14,560
  • Net moves+3,452

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 160 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

144 inspected 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

393 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes111
  • GP practices37
  • Dentists62
  • Homecare agencies145
  • Hospitals & hospices7

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Northamptonshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

324 applications decided

88.9% granted · 288 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Stuart Andrew

Conservative

Daventry

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 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 & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

17,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£750 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% 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

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 33% · Biomass 20% · Solar 2%

189 gCO₂/kWh · 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in NN9

  • Spinney Brook Medical Centre
  • The Cottons Medical Centre
  • Marshalls Road Surgery

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

  • Little Harrowden · 0.4 km

    Little Harrowden is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. The village is nearly 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Wellingborough, off the A509 road. At the 2011 Census, the population of the pari…

  • Orlingbury · 0.8 km

    Orlingbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire. It is between the towns of Kettering and Wellingborough. Administratively it forms part of North Northamptonshire but was in the boro…

  • Great Harrowden · 1.2 km

    Great Harrowden is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, with a population at the 2011 census of 161. The village is located near the A509 road running between Kettering and Wellingborough. The village…

  • Redhill Grange · 1.9 km

    Redhill Grange is a suburb of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. Colloquially referred to as Redhill, the area is situated just north of the town's Redwell area, 10 miles from Northampton.

  • Hardwick, Northamptonshire · 2.5 km

    Hardwick is a small village in North Northamptonshire, England, close to the town of Wellingborough. The population is included in the civil parish of Great Harrowden.

  • Isham · 2.6 km

    Isham is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is on the A509 road, three miles south of Kettering and a mile to the west of Burton Latimer. The River Ise is to the east of the village. Administr…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Little Harrowden?
Little Harrowden is a town in Northamptonshire, England, in the North Northamptonshire local authority.
How deprived is Little Harrowden?
The North Northamptonshire local authority, which includes Little Harrowden, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.