Towcester West & Blakesley

West Northamptonshire · East Midlands · population 8,652 · 5 LSOAs

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

82Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,211 of 6,856 in England
  • #98 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #11 of 53 in West Northamptonshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,688
Median age (est.)48
Density97per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above39%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 31%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 8%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 24%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Towcester West & Blakesley is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,211 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 53 in West Northamptonshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (95) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here sold for about £385,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 122 sales), 29% above the wider West Northamptonshire median of £299,203. Typical household take-home income is around £48,995 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 33 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 92 · #519
Employment 95 · #341
Education 90 · #684
Health 93 · #478
Crime 95 · #368
Housing & access 18 · #5,647
Living environment 29 · #4,858

House prices ?

£385,000median (12m) · -3.3% yr · n=122
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£385,000122-3.3%+4.1%
Detached£500,00064+2.0%+17.0%
Semi-detached£310,00027+5.1%+7.3%
Terraced£252,50026+1.0%+14.8%
Flat£276,9505-2.0%
This area£385,000
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)£48,995±£7,358 · #1,238 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,756
Price-to-income ?7.9×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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
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Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 284 offences
West Northamptonshire72
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #636 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences120
Theft39
Burglary20
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons27
Drugs15
Robbery1
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 78 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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