Braunston & Crick

West Northamptonshire · East Midlands · population 8,716 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,103 of 6,856 in England
  • #184 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #24 of 53 in West Northamptonshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,056
Median age (est.)48
Density120per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 30%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 12%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 25%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional13%
Elementary11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 37% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 7%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Braunston & Crick is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,103 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 53 in West Northamptonshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (88) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here sold for about £360,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 105 sales), 20% above the wider West Northamptonshire median of £299,203. Typical household take-home income is around £43,311 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 86 · #971
Employment 87 · #910
Education 61 · #2,699
Health 82 · #1,246
Crime 88 · #834
Housing & access 11 · #6,072
Living environment 25 · #5,167

House prices ?

£360,000median (12m) · +2.9% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£360,000105+2.9%+14.3%
Detached£435,00059-2.0%+14.5%
Semi-detached£285,00035-8.4%+11.8%
Terraced£252,0006+0.8%+9.6%
Flat£178,0005-6.3%
This area£360,000
West Northamptonshire£299,203
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£43,311±£6,268 · #2,492 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,040
Price-to-income ?8.3×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

66Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 457 offences
West Northamptonshire72
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,303 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences209
Theft54
Burglary10
Vehicle crime32
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons34
Drugs17
Robbery0
Other71

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 68 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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