Northampton
Northampton is covered by postcode districts NN1, NN2, NN3, NN4, NN5, NN7 and 1 more. It is mostly in the West Northamptonshire council area: 4,518 of its 4,519 postcodes. The other is in North Northamptonshire.
Every postcode in Northampton, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 255
- In use before 2020: 4,264
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 4,519 postcodes in Northampton that ONS places, 255 are new since 2020 and 4,264 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.2457, longitude -0.8874. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 45 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN1 9PX, is the newest of them.
- 27 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN2 1PY, is the newest of them.
- 22 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN2 7FU, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN5 4XG, is the newest of them.
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN1 2FY, is the newest of them.
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN2 8GT, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Northampton?
Homes sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 3,765 of the 4,196 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,322 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 248 of its 4,519 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Northampton, 1.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Northampton?
Homes in Northampton sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,399 sales, down 0.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £370,000 607 sales
- Semi-detached £265,000 728 sales
- Terraced £225,000 800 sales
- Flat or maisonette £145,000 264 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NN3 district, Northampton's main postcode district: a typical £270,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Northampton: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Northampton?
255 of the 4,519 postcodes now in use in Northampton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 101 of the 3,159 homes sold in Northampton were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NN3 district, 1%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Northampton | Across the NN3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 14 of 2,399 (Under 1%) | 1 of 736 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 101 of 3,159 (3%) | 12 of 897 (1%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Northampton?
Ofcom reports on 4,196 of the 4,519 postcodes in Northampton. At 3,765 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Northampton at risk of flooding?
248 of the 4,519 postcodes in Northampton have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,322 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Northampton?
The open schools at the postcodes in Northampton (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Hampton Bridge School750 m 33 pupils, 70 places
- Stimpson Avenue Academy750 m 440 pupils, 420 places
- Castle Academy850 m 455 pupils, 420 places
- New Horizons Academy900 m 50 pupils, 105 places
- Vernon Terrace Primary School950 m 233 pupils, 264 places
- Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School1.0 km 401 pupils, 420 places
- Fairfields School1.0 km 124 pupils, 115 places
- Barry Primary School1.2 km 441 pupils, 420 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Northampton?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Northampton is Northampton Rail Station, 1.6 km away in a straight line.
- Northampton Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
- Long Buckby Rail Station Railway station 14.6 kmDrive
- Wellingborough Rail Station Railway station 15.7 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Northampton?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Northampton, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Langham Place Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01604 638162 700 mWalk
- Leicester Tce Healthcare Ctr Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2026 · Phone 01604 633682 700 mWalk
- The Mounts Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report December 2023 · Phone 01604 632117 750 mWalk
- The Crescent Medical Ctr. Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01604 713434 900 mWalk
- County Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01604 632918 1.0 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Northampton safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 11,965 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Northampton over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 923 September 2025
- 1,006 October 2025
- 953 November 2025
- 933 December 2025
- 1,074 January 2026
- 879 February 2026
- 956 March 2026
- 812 April 2026
- 1,063 May 2026
- 1,083 June 2026
- 1,169 July 2026
- 1,114 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 409, robbery 317, possession of weapons 155, other crime 134, bicycle theft 127, theft from the person 84.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Northampton?
- Councils
- West Northamptonshire (4,518) and North Northamptonshire (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Northampton North (2,434), Northampton South (1,925), South Northamptonshire (97) and 1 other
- Police force area
- Northamptonshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Northampton
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Northampton is in West Northamptonshire; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell West Northamptonshire about council tax Council tax, on westnorthants.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Northampton
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Northampton postcodes
4,519 postcodes in use in Northampton, by district:
Those districts are all in the NN postcode area.
Check a Northampton postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Northampton
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Northampton's £258,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Northampton
- What is it like to live in Northampton?
- Homes sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 3,765 of the 4,196 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,322 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 248 of its 4,519 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Northampton, 1.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Northampton?
- Northampton is covered by postcode districts NN1, NN2, NN3, NN4, NN5, NN7 and 1 more, across 4,519 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Northampton?
- Homes in Northampton sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,399 sales, down 0.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Northampton?
- In Northampton, primary schools at its postcodes include Hampton Bridge School, Stimpson Avenue Academy and Castle Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include The CE Academy, Bosworth Independent School and Hampton Bridge School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Northampton have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Northampton is Northampton, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Northampton?
- Ofcom reports on 4,196 of the 4,519 postcodes in Northampton. At 3,765 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Northampton at risk of flooding?
- 248 of the 4,519 postcodes in Northampton have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,322 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Northampton?
- 255 of the 4,519 postcodes now in use in Northampton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 101 of the 3,159 homes sold in Northampton were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NN3 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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