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Paulerspury

Paulerspury is a village in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of around 644. It has around 1 GP surgery or clinic and 6 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Paulerspury 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
South Northamptonshire
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

10°COvercast

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 26% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:33

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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▼ 17% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Deanshanger and Grange Park · 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

13 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 12 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wolverton (11.0 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

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Richmond Road Car Park, Towcester (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches14
  • Playgrounds3

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
  • 19 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

Sarah Bool

Conservative

South Northamptonshire

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 8
  • Con 17
  • LD 8
  • Ref 39
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Supermarkets1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

21,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

62% low-carbon electricity

Gas 36% · Wind 35% · Biomass 22% · Imports 2%

170 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in NN12

  • Towcester Medical Centre
  • The Brook Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Northamptonshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Paulerspury · 0.3 km

    Paulerspury is a civil parish and small village in West Northamptonshire, England. It is approximately 3 miles (5 km) south of Towcester and 8 miles (13 km) north of Milton Keynes along the A5 road. The parish also co…

  • Pury End · 0.9 km

    Pury End is a hamlet of approximately 100 houses in the civil parish of Paulerspury, near Towcester in West Northamptonshire, England. The Grafton Way footpath crosses through the village and runs down Carey's Road. T…

  • Whittlewood Forest · 2.5 km

    Whittlewood Forest is a former medieval hunting forest south of Towcester and east of Silverstone in Northamptonshire in England. It is managed by the Forestry England. There are tracts of ancient woodland within it a…

  • Wood Burcote · 2.5 km

    Wood Burcote is a hamlet located less than one mile south of Towcester in West Northamptonshire in the English county of Northamptonshire. It takes its name from a small wood above the village which overlooks the vall…

  • Towcester Greyhound Stadium · 2.6 km

    Towcester Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located within Towcester Racecourse at Towcester in Northamptonshire, England. It has been the home of the English Greyhound Derby since 2021, having previously…

  • Alderton, Northamptonshire · 2.7 km

    Alderton is a small village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The village is about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Towcester, 9 miles (14 km) south of Northampton, and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Milto…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Paulerspury?
Paulerspury is a town in Northamptonshire, England, in the West Northamptonshire local authority.
What is the population of Paulerspury?
Paulerspury has an approximate settlement population of 644.
How deprived is Paulerspury?
The West Northamptonshire local authority, which includes Paulerspury, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.