Schools
68 open schools are in scope, including 42 primary and 5 secondary schools. Chiltern Primary School is the nearest published school at 92 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NN5 6BN
Duston · West Northamptonshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Duston
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton South
- Postcode district
- NN5
- Postcode sector
- NN5 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NN5 6BN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1991
- Terminated
- 1 December 1991
- Postcode area
- NN
- Postcode district
- NN5
- Postcode sector
- NN5 6
- Latitude
- 52.248662
- Longitude
- -0.932131
- British National Grid easting
- 473,000
- British National Grid northing
- 261,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- West Northamptonshire · E06000062
- Electoral ward
- Duston · E05015990
- Parish or community
- E04006793
- Westminster constituency
- Northampton South · E14001407
- Output area
- E00189190
- Lower layer super output area
- West Northamptonshire 020C · E01027216
- Middle layer super output area
- West Northamptonshire 020 · E02005667
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 NN5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 68
- Primary
- 42
- Secondary
- 5
- 92 m
Chiltern Primary School
Community school
- 586 m
Hopping Hill Primary School
Community school
- 610 m
Lyncrest Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,211
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,058
- Anti social behaviour 597
- Shoplifting 351
- Burglary 197
- Criminal damage and arson 191
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NN5 6 residents
- 18,375
Age bands in NN5 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.3%
3,162 residents
1,585 residents
4,680 residents
4,614 residents
3,799 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
17
within 5 km straight-line
ST LUKES PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
TIMKEN WAY SOUTH, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 6FR
ODS code K83041
673 m
QUEENSVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
THORNTON ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6LS
ODS code K83003
2.0 km
LEICESTER TCE HEALTHCARE CTR
7-8 LEICESTER TERRACE, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6AL
ODS code K83014
2.4 km
LANGHAM PLACE SURGERY
11 LANGHAM PLACE, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6AA
ODS code K83027
2.4 km
THE MOUNTS MEDICAL CENTRE
CAMPBELL STREET, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 3DS
ODS code K83025
2.5 km
KINGSTHORPE MEDICAL CTR.
EASTERN AVENUE SOUTH, KINGSLEY, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 7JN
ODS code K83035
2.9 km
MAPLE ACCESS PARTNERSHIP LLP
MAPLE HOUSE, 17-19 HAZELWOOD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 1LG
ODS code K83621
3.1 km
THE PINES SURGERY
HARBOROUGH ROAD NORTH, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 8LL
ODS code K83008
3.4 km
GREENVIEW SURGERY
129 HAZELDENE ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 7PB
ODS code K83077
3.6 km
ELEANOR CROSS HEALTHCARE
DELAPRE MEDICAL CENTRE, GLOUCESTER AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN4 8QF
ODS code K83010
3.8 km
THE CRESCENT MEDICAL CTR.
2 THE CRESCENT, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4SB
ODS code K83050
3.8 km
COUNTY SURGERY
202-204 ABINGTON AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4QA
ODS code K83056
4.0 km
PARK AVE MED CNT & KINGS HEATH PRACTICE
166-168 PARK AVENUE NORTH, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2HZ
ODS code K83042
4.3 km
ABINGTON PARK SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, ARDINGTON ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LT
ODS code K83029
4.5 km
PENVALE PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
HARDWICK ROAD, EAST HUNSBURY, NORTHAMPTON, NN4 0GP
ODS code Y08368
4.5 km
KING EDWARD ROAD SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, KING EDWARD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LY
ODS code K83012
4.5 km
ABINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
51A BEECH AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2JG
ODS code K83043
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Malvern Grove Shops
BCT · Duston
- 0.1 miles
Chiltern Way
BCT · Duston
- 0.1 miles
Malvern Grove Shops
BCT · Duston
- 0.1 miles
Cotswold Avenue
BCT · Duston
- 0.1 miles
Chiltern Way
BCT · Duston
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Northamptonshire 020C, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
24,824 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
3,211 published events cover 12 months, averaging 267.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,058 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.