NN2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Northampton, Sunnyside and Queens Park, in West Northamptonshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an NN2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in NN2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How NN2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NN2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NN2 at a rate of 120.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.2 per 1,000 people across the NN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 455 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NN2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,603), anti-social behaviour (1,241) and shoplifting (766).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NN2 was 123.3 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.
Deprivation in NN2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NN2 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NN2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Northamptonshire 003E | 1,634 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 003F | 1,381 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| West Northamptonshire 006A | 1,574 | 66.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 006B | 1,476 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 006C | 1,369 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 006D | 2,552 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| West Northamptonshire 008A | 1,641 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 008B | 1,498 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 008C | 1,539 | 119.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| West Northamptonshire 008D | 2,078 | 167.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| West Northamptonshire 013A | 1,587 | 163.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 013B | 2,122 | 151.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.4% |
| West Northamptonshire 013C | 1,498 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 013D | 1,397 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 015A | 1,484 | 235.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 015B | 1,746 | 122.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 015C | 1,837 | 86.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| West Northamptonshire 015D | 1,899 | 194.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 019C | 1,946 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| West Northamptonshire 019D | 1,363 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 025A | 1,689 | 123.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 025B | 1,330 | 311.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 025C | 1,378 | 175.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| West Northamptonshire 025D | 1,797 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 032A | 1,925 | 122.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 032C | 2,133 | 72.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
MPs for NN2
- Lucy RigbyLabourMP for Northampton North83% of NN2’s postcodes
- Stuart AndrewConservativeMP for Daventry9.1% of NN2’s postcodes
- Mike ReaderLabourMP for Northampton South7.4% of NN2’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in NN25
Postcode sectors in NN24
Council1
Towns in NN21
Postcode districts next to NN26
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NN postcode area2
NN2 in brief
NN2 is a postcode district covering Northampton, Sunnyside and Queens Park, in West Northamptonshire.
About 45,395 people lived in NN2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £250,000 in 2025 across 636 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 120.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NN2 was £250,000 in 2025.
NN2 had 42,702 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in NN2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NN2, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.