Schools
84 open schools are in scope, including 48 primary and 9 secondary schools. Purple Oaks Academy is the nearest published school at 223 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NN2 7SX
Kingsthorpe South · West Northamptonshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Kingsthorpe South
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North
- Postcode district
- NN2
- Postcode sector
- NN2 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NN2 7SX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 1987
- Terminated
- 1 December 1988
- Postcode area
- NN
- Postcode district
- NN2
- Postcode sector
- NN2 7
- Latitude
- 52.267215
- Longitude
- -0.896515
- British National Grid easting
- 475,400
- British National Grid northing
- 263,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- West Northamptonshire · E06000062
- Electoral ward
- Kingsthorpe South · E05015997
- Parish or community
- E04013508
- Westminster constituency
- Northampton North · E14001406
- Output area
- E00138536
- Lower layer super output area
- West Northamptonshire 006D · E01027232
- Middle layer super output area
- West Northamptonshire 006 · E02005650
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore NN2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 84
- Primary
- 48
- Secondary
- 9
- 223 m
Purple Oaks Academy
Free schools special
- 407 m
Green Oaks Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 731 m
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,206
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 994
- Shoplifting 691
- Anti social behaviour 495
- Vehicle crime 184
- Criminal damage and arson 182
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NN2 7 residents
- 15,506
Age bands in NN2 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.9%
2,869 residents
2,097 residents
4,616 residents
3,333 residents
1,912 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
19
within 5 km straight-line
THE PINES SURGERY
HARBOROUGH ROAD NORTH, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 8LL
ODS code K83008
734 m
KINGSTHORPE MEDICAL CTR.
EASTERN AVENUE SOUTH, KINGSLEY, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 7JN
ODS code K83035
1.1 km
GREENVIEW SURGERY
129 HAZELDENE ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 7PB
ODS code K83077
1.4 km
QUEENSVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
THORNTON ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6LS
ODS code K83003
1.6 km
PARK AVE MED CNT & KINGS HEATH PRACTICE
166-168 PARK AVENUE NORTH, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2HZ
ODS code K83042
2.0 km
LANGHAM PLACE SURGERY
11 LANGHAM PLACE, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6AA
ODS code K83027
2.2 km
THE CRESCENT MEDICAL CTR.
2 THE CRESCENT, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4SB
ODS code K83050
2.3 km
LEICESTER TCE HEALTHCARE CTR
7-8 LEICESTER TERRACE, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6AL
ODS code K83014
2.4 km
COUNTY SURGERY
202-204 ABINGTON AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4QA
ODS code K83056
2.6 km
ABINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
51A BEECH AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2JG
ODS code K83043
2.6 km
THE MOUNTS MEDICAL CENTRE
CAMPBELL STREET, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 3DS
ODS code K83025
2.8 km
MAPLE ACCESS PARTNERSHIP LLP
MAPLE HOUSE, 17-19 HAZELWOOD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 1LG
ODS code K83621
3.4 km
KING EDWARD ROAD SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, KING EDWARD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LY
ODS code K83012
3.4 km
ABINGTON PARK SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, ARDINGTON ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LT
ODS code K83029
3.5 km
MOULTON SURGERY
120 NORTHAMPTON LANE NORTH, MOULTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 7QP
ODS code K83009
3.6 km
WOODVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
HOLMECROSS ROAD, THORPLANDS, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8AW
ODS code K83040
3.7 km
DR ABBAS
WESTON FAVELL P/C CENTRE, BILLING BROOK ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8DW
ODS code K83618
3.8 km
MAYFIELD SURGERY
BILLING BROOK ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8DW
ODS code K83076
3.8 km
ST LUKES PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
TIMKEN WAY SOUTH, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 6FR
ODS code K83041
3.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
The Close
BCT · Kingsthorpe
- 0.1 miles
Lockwood Close
BCT · Kingsthorpe
- 0.1 miles
The Close
BCT · Kingsthorpe
- 0.1 miles
Lockwood Close
BCT · Kingsthorpe
- 0.2 miles
Chalcombe Road
BCT · Kingsthorpe
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Northamptonshire 006D, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
22,317 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
Recorded crime
3,206 published events cover 12 months, averaging 267.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 994 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.