King's Heath & Spencer

West Northamptonshire · East Midlands · population 9,139 · 5 LSOAs

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

13Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,989 of 6,856 in England
  • #513 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #52 of 53 in West Northamptonshire
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,143
Median age (est.)33
Density3,304per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above20%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 13%25–44 31%45–64 22%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 43%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 43%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 18%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 18%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 27% · Process & plant 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary27%
Process & plant13%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades11%
Sales & customer service8%
Professional8%
Administrative8%
Associate professional7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 69%Asian: 12%Black: 12%Mixed: 5%Other: 1%
White 69%Asian 12%Black 12%Mixed 5%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 35% · Muslim 16%

Born outside the UK: 30%

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

King's Heath & Spencer is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,989 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #52 of 53 in West Northamptonshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (78) but weak on Education (6). Typical homes here, about £220,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 56 sales), 26% below the wider West Northamptonshire median of £299,203. Typical household take-home income is around £32,707 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 79 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 9 · #6,229
Employment 15 · #5,852
Education 6 · #6,407
Health 20 · #5,489
Crime 12 · #6,037
Housing & access 37 · #4,344
Living environment 78 · #1,513

House prices ?

£220,500median (12m) · +1.8% yr · n=56
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,50056+1.8%+26.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£252,50018+6.3%+48.5%
Terraced£203,50030-5.8%+15.3%
Flat£155,0007+15.7%
This area£220,500
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)£32,707±£4,992 · #5,768 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,592
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

29Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

79 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 722 offences
West Northamptonshire72
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #4,032 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences374
Theft65
Burglary34
Vehicle crime52
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons69
Drugs31
Robbery5
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 268 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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