NN
Postcode areaPostcode area named after Northampton, with 19 districts.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: the outline joins its districts’ outlines, each made of the census output areas that hold most of the district’s postcodes.
Radon Affected Area by postcode area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 94% of people in NN live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How NN compares
Each dot is a postcode area. The black line marks the middle one.
Every postcode area ranked: median sale price, population, people in radon affected area squares and gigabit broadband coverage.
Is NN safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NN at a rate of 93.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 6,656 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NN.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (24,552), anti-social behaviour (16,909) and other crime (10,738).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NN was 94.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Postcode districts in NN
| Name | People (census) | Median sale price | Recorded crime per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NN1Northampton, Kingsthorpe Hollow | 35,854 | £206,250 | 251.0 per 1,000 |
| NN2Northampton, Sunnyside | 42,702 | £250,000 | 120.7 per 1,000 |
| NN3Northampton | 76,925 | £270,000 | 90.4 per 1,000 |
| NN4Northampton, Wootton | 52,129 | £310,000 | 77.0 per 1,000 |
| NN5Northampton, Duston | 45,643 | £270,000 | 104.5 per 1,000 |
| NN6Earls Barton | 37,477 | £365,746 | 58.5 per 1,000 |
| NN7West Northamptonshire | 29,844 | £341,050 | 44.6 per 1,000 |
| NN8Wellingborough, Hatton Park | 55,201 | £270,000 | 117.0 per 1,000 |
| NN9Raunds, Irthlingborough | 28,488 | £245,000 | 65.7 per 1,000 |
| NN10Rushden, Higham Ferrers | 41,514 | £250,000 | 103.7 per 1,000 |
| NN11Daventry, Drayton | 41,596 | £275,000 | 75.2 per 1,000 |
| NN12Towcester | 26,477 | £368,225 | 49.2 per 1,000 |
| NN13Brackley | 22,182 | £341,500 | 36.0 per 1,000 |
| NN14Desborough, Rothwell | 46,397 | £290,000 | 59.1 per 1,000 |
| NN15Kettering, Barton Seagrave | 41,759 | £272,650 | 69.2 per 1,000 |
| NN16Kettering, Wadcroft | 32,842 | £205,000 | 142.3 per 1,000 |
| NN17Corby, Weldon | 33,841 | £251,750 | 101.8 per 1,000 |
| NN18Corby, Great Oakley | 40,077 | £220,000 | 81.1 per 1,000 |
| NN29Irchester, Wollaston | 11,804 | £290,000 | 48.6 per 1,000 |
NN in brief
The NN postcode area, named after Northampton, has 19 postcode districts.
The median price paid for a home in NN was £277,975 in 2025.
NN had 742,752 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in NN live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NN, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.