Rugby

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:30

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, 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

20 reported · August 2026▲ 54% YoY

• Other theft5
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Vehicle crime3
• Violence & sexual offences3

Neighbourhood team: Crick and Long Buckby · Northamptonshire

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

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)

27 food businesses within 2 miles

• 19 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rugby (5.9 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£289,726 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across West Northamptonshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (11.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Ibis Hotel Rugby (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

425,727 residents in West Northamptonshire · 309/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£2,487 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 185,940)

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

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)

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

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

498 applications decided

85.3% granted · 425 granted, 73 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

21,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,362 jobs advertised · £37,885 avg

e.g. Nursery Practitioner Level 2, Music Teacher, Principal Engineer – Software Assurance

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

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

• 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

4 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in NN6

• The Long Buckby Practice
• Crick Medical Practice
• The Saxon Spires 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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  Grange School Rowing Club · 1.2 km

  Grange School Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Weaver, based at the Boathouse, off Willow Green Lane, Little Leigh, Northwich, Cheshire.

• Houlton School · 1.5 km

  Houlton School is a co-educational all-through school and sixth form located in Houlton, Warwickshire, England. The school's buildings have been developed on the historic site of the Rugby Radio Station. Designed to s…

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  Rugby Radio Station · 1.6 km

  Rugby Radio Station was a large British government radio transmission facility just east of the Hillmorton area of the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. The site straddled the A5 trunk road, with most of it in W…

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  Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal · 1.7 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…

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  Houlton, Warwickshire · 1.7 km

  Houlton is a large housing development to the east of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is located between the Rugby suburb of Hillmorton, Warwickshire and Crick, Northamptonshire, west of the A5 road and M1 motorway.

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  Kilsby and Crick railway station · 1.9 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)