NN16 8BQ

Kettering Central · North Northamptonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Kettering
Postcode district
NN16
Postcode sector
NN16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NN16 8DD 17 m
NN16 8DF 59 m
NN16 8DE 66 m
NN16 8DG 74 m
NN16 8DQ 85 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NN16 8BQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 March 1983
Terminated
1 December 1991
Postcode area
NN
Postcode district
NN16
Postcode sector
NN16 8
Latitude
52.399520
Longitude
-0.731538
British National Grid easting
486,400
British National Grid northing
278,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
North Northamptonshire · E06000061
Parish or community
E04013037
Westminster constituency
Kettering · E14001311
Output area
E00169227
Lower layer super output area
North Northamptonshire 018G · E01035414
Middle layer super output area
North Northamptonshire 018 · E02005645

Postcode source versions

Explore NN16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
20
Secondary
4
  1. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    563 m
  2. Youth Works Community College

    Other independent school

    758 m
  3. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    894 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,477
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,691
  • Anti social behaviour 791
  • Shoplifting 349
  • Public order 330
  • Criminal damage and arson 313

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NN16 8 residents
8,652

Age bands in NN16 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

1,474 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

885 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.1%

2,915 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.5%

1,867 residents

Age 65 and over
14.1%

1,175 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • ESKDAILL MEDICAL

    PROSPECT HOUSE, 121 LOWER STREET, KETTERING, NN16 8DN

    ODS code K83013

    263 m

  • WEAVERS MEDICAL

    PROSPECT HOUSE, 121 LOWER STREET, KETTERING, NN16 8DN

    ODS code K83051

    263 m

  • DRYLAND MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 FIELD STREET, KETTERING, NN16 8JZ

    ODS code K83039

    367 m

  • HEADLANDS SURGERY

    20 HEADLANDS, KETTERING, NN15 7HP

    ODS code K83006

    659 m

  • LINDEN MEDICAL GROUP

    54 LINDEN AVENUE, KETTERING, NN15 7NX

    ODS code K83036

    1.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Railway View

    BCT · Kettering

    0.2 miles
  • Lidl Supermarket

    BCT · Kettering

    0.2 miles
  • (Kettering) Railway View

    BCT · Kettering

    0.2 miles
  • Lidl Supermarket

    BCT · Kettering

    0.2 miles
  • Mattha Wallis Court

    BCT · Kettering

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Northamptonshire 018G, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,452 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 563 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4,477 published events cover 12 months, averaging 373.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,691 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.