West Northamptonshire: what a home costs and what you need to earn

East Midlands. House prices are based on 4,882 sales over the last 12 months.

Buying a home

Fairly affordable

A typical home costs 7.8× median full-time pay

Renting a home

Expensive

Average rent takes 34% of median pay

Recorded crime

About average

71.0 per 1,000 residents (England and Wales: 81.3)

How we rate: buying compares the typical home price with median pay (under 5× affordable, 5 to 8× fairly affordable, 8 to 11× expensive, over 11× very expensive). Renting compares a year of average rent with median pay (under 25% affordable, 25 to 33% fairly affordable, 33 to 40% expensive, over 40% very expensive). Crime compares the rate per resident with the England and Wales average.

Median full-time pay

£38,000

Gross a year, people living in West Northamptonshire

Terraced house price ÷ pay

6.3×

A typical terraced house costs this many years of median pay

Renting a terraced house

34%

of median gross pay goes on rent (£1,063 a month)

What the numbers say about West Northamptonshire

Across all property types, the typical home sold in West Northamptonshire over the past year cost £295,000, which is 7.8× median full-time pay. Measured against pay, West Northamptonshire is around the middle of 316 areas (154th most expensive) for buying; the typical area is 7.6×. Within the East Midlands it is the 3rd most expensive of 35 areas.

For a terraced house at £238,750, a lender would typically look for an income of around £48,000, and the 10% deposit would be £24,000, about 8 months of median gross pay. Median full-time pay here is £38,000, 80% of the income needed, so on these assumptions it takes two median incomes, or one well above the median, to meet the test.

Renting a terraced house costs about £1,063 a month, which is 34% of median gross pay. Across all property types the average rent is £1,084 a month. Measured against pay, it is around the middle of 316 areas (144th most expensive) for renting. Rents rose 3.3% over the latest year ONS measured, slower than the typical area (3.9%).

Median full-time pay of £38,000 is around the middle of 316 areas (169th highest); the typical area is £38,328. This is pay for people who live in West Northamptonshire, wherever they work.

Police recorded 71.0 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year, which is 13% below average for England and Wales (81.3). That makes it around the middle of 310 areas (156th highest) for recorded crime per resident. The category furthest below average is criminal damage and arson (23% below).

Buying

Property type	Sales	Median price	Price ÷ pay	Deposit (10%)	Income typically needed
Detached	1,673	£425,000	11.2×	£42,500	£85,000
Semi-detached	1,531	£281,000	7.4×	£28,000	£56,000
Terraced	1,290	£238,750	6.3×	£24,000	£48,000
Flat	388	£146,000	3.8×	£14,500	£29,000

Renting

Property type	Average rent a month	Rent a year	Share of median pay
Detached	£1,470	£17,640	46%
Semi-detached	£1,107	£13,284	35%
Terraced	£1,063	£12,756	34%
Flat	£858	£10,296	27%

Income needed is illustrative: it assumes a 10% deposit and a lender willing to lend 4.5 times income. Real lending depends on your circumstances. Pay is the median for full-time employees living in West Northamptonshire, before tax, and rents are the ONS average for the area. Property types with fewer than 100 sales in the last 12 months are left out.

How prices in West Northamptonshire have changed

Average house price for all property types, by year. The last point is the latest 12 months.

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Year	Average price
1995	£51,256
1996	£52,322
1997	£58,891
1998	£66,059
1999	£71,934
2000	£84,206
2001	£94,560
2002	£110,024
2003	£134,911
2004	£152,099
2005	£162,574
2006	£169,685
2007	£182,895
2008	£174,084
2009	£152,996
2010	£164,464
2011	£161,982
2012	£164,472
2013	£169,618
2014	£183,807
2015	£197,420
2016	£215,365
2017	£230,850
2018	£241,155
2019	£239,361
2020	£242,413
2021	£256,807
2022	£281,888
2023	£283,030
2024	£279,877
2025	£288,810
12 months to July 2026	£291,495

The average home price in West Northamptonshire was £215,365 in 2016 and £291,495 in the 12 months to July 2026, a rise of 35% over ten years. The typical area of England and Wales saw a rise of 36%. That makes West Northamptonshire around the middle of 316 areas (164th fastest-rising) for ten-year price growth.

Going back to 2005, the average price has moved from £162,574 to £291,495, a rise of 79% (the typical area: a rise of 84%).

Prices fell 16% after the 2008 financial crisis, from £182,895 in 2007 to £152,996 in 2009. They did not get back to their 2007 level until 2014.

Prices are cash figures, not adjusted for inflation, and come from the HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, which uses a different method from the median prices above, so the two will not match exactly.

How rents in West Northamptonshire have changed

Average monthly rent for all property types, by year. The last point is the latest month.

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Year	Average rent
2015	£678 a month
2016	£712 a month
2017	£752 a month
2018	£780 a month
2019	£800 a month
2020	£812 a month
2021	£832 a month
2022	£868 a month
2023	£913 a month
2024	£975 a month
2025	£1,042 a month
August 2026	£1,084 a month

The average rent in West Northamptonshire was £678 a month in 2015 and £1,084 in August 2026, a rise of 60%. The typical area of England and Wales saw a rise of 52%. That makes West Northamptonshire the 91st fastest-rising of 316 areas for rent growth since 2015.

Over the same period the average house price rose 48%. Rents have risen faster than house prices here, by 12 percentage points.

Rent figures are from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and are cash figures, not adjusted for inflation.

Crime

Police recorded crime in the year ending March 2026, per 1,000 residents, against the average for the areas of England and Wales covered here.

Type of crime	Per 1,000 residents	England and Wales average	Compared with average	Change on a year earlier
All recorded crime (excluding fraud)	71.0	81.3	13% below average	−7%
Violence against the person	27.4	31.0	12% below average	−6%
Sexual offences	3.8	3.4	12% above average	−5%
Robbery	1.5	1.4	13% above average	+62%
Residential burglary (per 1,000 households)	6.3	6.2	3% above average	−12%
Vehicle offences	4.7	4.9	5% below average	−15%
Theft from the person	0.3	1.6	80% below average	–
Criminal damage and arson	5.4	7.1	23% below average	−14%

Recorded crime in West Northamptonshire was 75.9 per 1,000 residents in the year ending March 2025 and 71.0 in the year ending March 2026, down 7%. Across England and Wales it was down 4%.

Changes are left blank where the rate is very low, as a few extra crimes would look like a big swing. This is one year's change only, so it can reflect one-off events or changes in how police record crime, not just a real trend. Rates per resident use ONS population estimates for each year.

West Northamptonshire is made up of several police partnership areas, and the figures above combine them. Their total recorded crime per 1,000 residents: Daventry and South Northamptonshire 39.8, Northampton 94.9.

Rates use the resident population, so areas with many daytime visitors, students or a busy night-time economy, such as city centres, show higher crime per resident than residents experience. Recorded crime also depends on how likely crimes are to be reported and how police record them. Residential burglary is per 1,000 households. Robbery and theft from the person are concentrated in a few city centres, so most areas sit well below the national average for them.