NN5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Northampton, Duston and Upton, 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 NN5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in NN5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How NN5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NN5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NN5 at a rate of 104.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.2 per 1,000 people across the NN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 454 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NN5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,623), anti-social behaviour (1,231) and other crime (760).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NN5 was 101.6 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 NN5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NN5 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 NN5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Northamptonshire 005A | 2,412 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 020A | 1,679 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 020B | 1,707 | 105.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| West Northamptonshire 020C | 2,058 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 020D | 1,335 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.1% |
| West Northamptonshire 021A | 1,911 | 143.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 021B | 1,903 | 107.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| West Northamptonshire 021C | 1,750 | 119.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 021D | 1,824 | 93.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 021E | 1,756 | 123.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| West Northamptonshire 023A | 1,431 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| West Northamptonshire 023B | 1,187 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 023C | 1,389 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 023D | 1,534 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 028A | 1,410 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| West Northamptonshire 028B | 1,188 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 028C | 1,500 | 95.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 028D | 2,474 | 118.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 033A | 1,959 | 170.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 033B | 1,593 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 033C | 2,099 | 242.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 033D | 2,112 | 137.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| West Northamptonshire 035A | 1,656 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.2% |
| West Northamptonshire 035B | 1,895 | 201.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 035C | 1,555 | 119.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| West Northamptonshire 035D | 2,550 | 102.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
MPs for NN5
- Mike ReaderLabourMP for Northampton South67% of NN5’s postcodes
- Lucy RigbyLabourMP for Northampton North31% of NN5’s postcodes
- Stuart AndrewConservativeMP for Daventry2.1% of NN5’s postcodes
- Sarah BoolConservativeMP for South Northamptonshire0.7% of NN5’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 NN56
Postcode sectors in NN55
Council1
Towns in NN51
Postcode districts next to NN54
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NN postcode area2
NN5 in brief
NN5 is a postcode district covering Northampton, Duston and Upton, in West Northamptonshire.
About 47,734 people lived in NN5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £270,000 in 2025 across 710 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 104.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NN5 was £270,000 in 2025.
NN5 had 45,643 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in NN5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NN5, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.