Northampton

9°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 7° · 39% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:29

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

• 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

74 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences18
• Anti-social behaviour17
• Shoplifting14
• Drugs5

Neighbourhood team: Earls Barton · Northamptonshire

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

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)

151 food businesses within 2 miles

• 116 rated 4–5 ★ (102 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Northampton (8.0 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£252,884 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across North Northamptonshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (9 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: The Quays (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

359,523 residents in North Northamptonshire · 364/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£2,424 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

324 applications decided

88.9% granted · 288 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens273
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3,126 jobs advertised · £40,767 avg

e.g. Refrigeration Engineer, 7.5t Delivery Driver, CNC Turner - Programmer/Setter/Operator

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

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

• 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

9 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in NN3

• Moulton Surgery
• Woodview Medical Centre
• Park Ave Med Cnt & Kings Heath Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Daventry:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases404 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills244 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks225 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth223 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND213 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Ecton, Northamptonshire · 1.2 km

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  Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, Great Billing · 1.4 km

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  Billing Aquadrome · 1.7 km

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  Northampton Balloon Festival · 1.9 km

  The Northampton Balloon Festival is an annual hot air balloon festival held in Northampton, England.

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  Cogenhoe · 2.0 km

  Cogenhoe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cogenhoe and Whiston, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. The civil parish of Cogenhoe and…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)