West Northamptonshire: local statistics
West Northamptonshire is a unitary authority in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 444,218 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over West Northamptonshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS counted 21,965 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in West Northamptonshire in March 2026, 2% more than in 2016. That is 49 for every 1,000 residents, the 5th highest of 35 in the East Midlands.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in West Northamptonshire at £291,929 for July 2026, up 1.2% on July 2025. That is the 5th highest of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands (regional average £242,274). This July figure is the highest in the series, 34% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in West Northamptonshire (£38,000) gives a ratio of 7.7. That ratio is 4th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest ratio.
West Northamptonshire had an estimated 444,218 residents in mid-2025, up 0.7% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +11.6%, against +8.6% for the East Midlands as a whole. That is the 7th fastest growth of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The claimant count for West Northamptonshire stood at 9,420 in August 2026, or 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.5% in the East Midlands. The rate was the same a year earlier. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.9% (January 2024) and 4.2% (August 2021).
The police recorded 70.3 crimes per 1,000 residents in West Northamptonshire in the year to March 2026 (31,211 offences in all), the 11th highest rate of 32 in the East Midlands. That compares with 73.5 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 70.3 to 81.5 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
Life expectancy at birth in West Northamptonshire is 83.6 years for women and 79.6 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.7 years for women and +0.0 for men. It is the 12th highest for women of 35 in the East Midlands.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in West Northamptonshire is £2,486.66, 5.3% more than in 2025-26. It is 13th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest. Ten years earlier, in 2021-22, it was £1,975.01.
Full-time employees living in West Northamptonshire earned a median £728.30 a week in April 2025 (£38,000 a year). That is 1.0% above the figure for the East Midlands and mid-table in the East Midlands, 20th of 35. The workplace figure, £729.10, is within £5 of it.
An estimated 76.6% of people aged 16 to 64 living in West Northamptonshire were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 3.9 points either way; the figure for the East Midlands was 75.4%. Its lowest reading in the series was 76.2% and its highest 81.1%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 397,939 |
| 2016 | 405,019 |
| 2017 | 411,732 |
| 2018 | 417,242 |
| 2019 | 422,168 |
| 2020 | 422,559 |
| 2021 | 426,707 |
| 2022 | 430,756 |
| 2023 | 438,462 |
| 2024 | 441,277 |
| 2025 | 444,218 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £217,704 |
| July 2017 | £231,512 |
| July 2018 | £242,796 |
| July 2019 | £238,652 |
| July 2020 | £239,620 |
| July 2021 | £255,919 |
| July 2022 | £282,827 |
| July 2023 | £279,702 |
| July 2024 | £282,625 |
| July 2025 | £288,576 |
| July 2026 | £291,929 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2022 | £636.30 a week |
| 2023 | £668.70 a week |
| 2024 | £710.70 a week |
| 2025 | £728.30 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2021-22 | £1,975.01 |
| 2022-23 | £2,040.59 |
| 2023-24 | £2,145.58 |
| 2024-25 | £2,250.31 |
| 2025-26 | £2,362.51 |
| 2026-27 | £2,486.66 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 70.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 75.7 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 75.6 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 78.6 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 81.5 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 78.3 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 79.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 81.3 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 75.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 73.5 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 70.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 80.0% |
| 2016/17 | 79.6% |
| 2017/18 | 76.2% |
| 2018/19 | 81.1% |
| 2019/20 | 77.5% |
| 2020/21 | 77.9% |
| 2021/22 | 78.7% |
| 2022/23 | 79.2% |
| 2023/24 | 77.6% |
| 2024/25 | 77.5% |
| 2025/26 | 76.6% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.9 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.3 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.3 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.0 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.4 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.6 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 21,435 |
| 2017 | 21,770 |
| 2018 | 23,975 |
| 2019 | 22,205 |
| 2020 | 22,465 |
| 2021 | 23,915 |
| 2022 | 23,660 |
| 2023 | 21,705 |
| 2024 | 21,480 |
| 2025 | 21,595 |
| 2026 | 21,965 |
Questions about West Northamptonshire
What is the average house price in West Northamptonshire?
£291,929 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+1.2% on a year).
What is the population of West Northamptonshire?
The ONS estimates 444,218 people lived in West Northamptonshire in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in West Northamptonshire?
9,420 in August 2026 (3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the crime rate in West Northamptonshire?
Home Office figures show 31,211 offences in the year to March 2026, or 70.3 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is life expectancy in West Northamptonshire?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 79.6 years for men and 83.6 for women.
How much is Band D council tax in West Northamptonshire?
£2,486.66 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average salary in West Northamptonshire?
£728.30 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over West Northamptonshire
Every body that makes decisions for West Northamptonshire, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- West Northamptonshire council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- West Northamptonshire in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Daventry: Stuart Andrew (Conservative) MP
- Northampton North: Lucy Rigby (Labour) MP
- Northampton South: Mike Reader (Labour) MP
- South Northamptonshire: Sarah Bool (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Sum of the former Daventry and South Northamptonshire and Northampton partnerships, which make up this council area. Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East Midlands
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK population · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Charnwood · Derby · Leicester · North Northamptonshire · Nottingham · South Kesteven
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