Briar Hill & Hunsbury Hill

West Northamptonshire · East Midlands · population 6,582 · 4 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,989 of 6,856 in England
  • #426 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #43 of 53 in West Northamptonshire
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,435
Median age (est.)35
Density3,025per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above26%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 12%25–44 30%45–64 24%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 27%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 16%Other: 15%
One person 25%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 16%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Professional 12% · Skilled trades 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 6%Black: 9%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 80%Asian 6%Black 9%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 39% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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

Briar Hill & Hunsbury Hill is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,989 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #43 of 53 in West Northamptonshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (94) but weak on Crime (16). Typical homes here sold for about £245,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 69 sales), 18% below the wider West Northamptonshire median of £299,203. Typical household take-home income is around £40,128 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 76 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 23 · #5,249
Employment 27 · #5,009
Education 17 · #5,708
Health 30 · #4,769
Crime 16 · #5,784
Housing & access 54 · #3,158
Living environment 94 · #396

House prices ?

£245,000median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£245,00069-1.2%+15.6%
Detached£300,00015-16.7%-4.4%
Semi-detached£255,00029+6.2%+21.4%
Terraced£228,00023+20.0%+42.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£245,000
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)£40,128±£6,120 · #3,391 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,264
Price-to-income ?6.1×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

76 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 502 offences
West Northamptonshire72
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #3,896 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences227
Theft45
Burglary29
Vehicle crime53
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons50
Drugs23
Robbery9
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 153 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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