Towcester

Towcester is covered by postcode district NN12. It is in the West Northamptonshire council area, England.

Typical price £318,750 Homes sold in Towcester, last 12 months. ▼ 1.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 224 of 266 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 13 of 315 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Towcester, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Towcester, by flood risk Of the 315 postcodes in Towcester that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 10 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 302 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Towcester. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A43A5 NN12 6AA: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AB: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AD: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AE: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AF: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AG: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AJ: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AL: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AN: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AP: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AQ: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AR: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AS: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AT: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AU: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AW: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AX: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AY: not on the flood risk listNN12 6AZ: not on the flood risk listNN12 6BA: not on the flood risk listNN12 6BB: not on the flood risk listNN12 6BD: not on the flood risk listNN12 6BE: not on the flood risk listNN12 6BF: not on the flood risk listNN12 6BG: not on the flood risk listNN12 6BH: not on the flood risk listNN12 6BJ: not on the flood risk listNN12 6BL: not on the 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flood risk listNN12 7BB: not on the flood risk listNN12 7LD: not on the flood risk listNN12 8AU: not on the flood risk listNN12 8QE: not on the flood risk listNN12 9TN: not on the flood risk listNN12 9ZZ: not on the flood risk listNN12 7AR: very low flood risk onlyNN12 7HR: very low flood risk onlyNN12 6AH: low flood risk at worstNN12 6DB: low flood risk at worstNN12 6DD: low flood risk at worstNN12 6DE: low flood risk at worstNN12 6HT: low flood risk at worstNN12 6JF: low flood risk at worstNN12 6PF: low flood risk at worstNN12 6UQ: low flood risk at worstNN12 6UX: low flood risk at worstNN12 8AX: low flood risk at worstNN12 6YY: high flood risk Towcester Map of every postcode in Towcester, by flood risk Of the 315 postcodes in Towcester that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 10 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 302 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Towcester. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A43 Towcester
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 10
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 302

Of the 315 postcodes in Towcester that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 10 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 302 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 52.1275, longitude -0.9894. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

NN12 6YY1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Towcester?

Homes sold for a typical £318,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 224 of the 266 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 315 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Northampton, 13.5 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 Towcester?

Homes in Towcester sold for a typical £318,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 202 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£318,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£325,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 1.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £465,496 65 sales
  • Semi-detached £308,000 61 sales
  • Terraced £275,000 49 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £172,000 27 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole NN12 district, Towcester's main postcode district: a typical £350,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Towcester: 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 Towcester?

48 of the 315 postcodes now in use in Towcester came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 29 of the 290 homes sold in Towcester were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NN12 district, 28%.

The newest postcodes

NN12 9DTsince May 2026NN12 7YPsince August 2025NN12 6QLsince July 2025NN12 9BZsince March 2024NN12 6GRsince February 2024NN12 6GSsince October 2023

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

PeriodIn TowcesterAcross the NN12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 5 of 202 (2%) 32 of 422 (8%)
The 12 months to August 2025 29 of 290 (10%) 188 of 670 (28%)

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 Towcester?

Ofcom reports on 266 of the 315 postcodes in Towcester. At 224 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit224 of 266
Postcodes where every home can get superfast255 of 266
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 266

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Towcester at risk of flooding?

13 of the 315 postcodes in Towcester 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 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 13 of 315 postcodes High: 1Low: 49Very low: 35

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 Towcester?

The open schools at the postcodes in Towcester. 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

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Towcester?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Towcester is Northampton Rail Station, 13.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Northampton Rail Station Railway station 13.5 kmDrive
  • Wolverton Rail Station Railway station 14.4 kmDrive
  • Milton Keynes Central Rail Station Railway station 18.0 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 Towcester?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Towcester. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Towcester safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 713 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Towcester 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

  1. 42 September 2025
  2. 45 October 2025
  3. 49 November 2025
  4. 60 December 2025
  5. 48 January 2026
  6. 53 February 2026
  7. 65 March 2026
  8. 77 April 2026
  9. 77 May 2026
  10. 74 June 2026
  11. 56 July 2026
  12. 67 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences259 reports
Anti-social behaviour191 reports
Public order46 reports
Other theft45 reports
Criminal damage and arson43 reports
Vehicle crime34 reports
Drugs31 reports
Shoplifting28 reports

Also: burglary 14, possession of weapons 9, bicycle theft 6, other crime 4, robbery 2, theft from the person 1.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Towcester?

Council
West Northamptonshire
Parliamentary constituency
South Northamptonshire
Police force area
Northamptonshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Sarah Bool (Conservative)

All 315 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Towcester

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Towcester postcodes

315 postcodes in use in Towcester, by district:

NN12 postcode district,315 postcodes

That district is in the NN postcode area.

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Places near Towcester

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Towcester's £318,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Silverstone5.0 km, £325,000Roade7.2 km, £294,000Bugbrooke9.2 km, £305,000Deanshanger10.8 km, £371,000Hanslope10.9 km, £375,000Weedon Bec13.0 km, £312,500Buckingham14.4 km, £368,750Northampton14.9 km, £258,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Towcester

What is it like to live in Towcester?
Homes sold for a typical £318,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 224 of the 266 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 315 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Northampton, 13.5 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 Towcester?
Towcester is covered by postcode district NN12, across 315 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Towcester in?
Towcester is in the West Northamptonshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Towcester?
Towcester is in the South Northamptonshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sarah Bool (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Towcester?
Homes in Towcester sold for a typical £318,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 202 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Towcester?
In Towcester, primary schools at its postcodes include Towcester Church of England Primary School, Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School and Marie Weller Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Sponne School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Towcester have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Towcester is Northampton, 13.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Towcester?
Ofcom reports on 266 of the 315 postcodes in Towcester. At 224 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Towcester at risk of flooding?
13 of the 315 postcodes in Towcester 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 home or business 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 Towcester?
48 of the 315 postcodes now in use in Towcester came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 29 of the 290 homes sold in Towcester were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NN12 district, 28%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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