NN6 7HQ

Braunston & Crick · West Northamptonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Northampton
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry
Postcode district
NN6
Postcode sector
NN6 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NN6 7EH 653 m
NN6 7GZ 711 m
CV23 1FJ 1.2 km
CV23 1EH 1.3 km
CV23 1FN 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NN6 7HQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NN
Postcode district
NN6
Postcode sector
NN6 7
Latitude
52.371645
Longitude
-1.171941
British National Grid easting
456,472
British National Grid northing
275,165

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
West Northamptonshire · E06000062
Parish or community
E04006705
Westminster constituency
Daventry · E14001192
Output area
E00137484
Lower layer super output area
West Northamptonshire 001C · E01027030
Middle layer super output area
West Northamptonshire 001 · E02005619

Postcode source versions

Explore NN6

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
D C5, Dirft Drive, Crick, Northampton, NN6 7HQ 16 November 2022 £163,400,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
12
Secondary
2
  1. Houlton School

    Free schools

    1.3 km
  2. St Gabriel's CofE Academy

    Free schools

    1.8 km
  3. Hillmorton Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
79
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 26
  • Other theft 14
  • Anti social behaviour 13
  • Drugs 7
  • Public order 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NN6 7 residents
9,307

Age bands in NN6 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,658 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

897 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.6%

2,113 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.1%

2,814 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

1,858 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • CRICK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    16 WATFORD ROAD, CRICK, NORTHAMPTON, NN6 7TT

    ODS code K83053

    4.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Royal Mail Super Hub

    BCT · DIRFT

    0.2 miles
  • GXO

    BCT · DIRFT

    0.3 miles
  • DIRFT 3

    BCT · DIRFT

    0.7 miles
  • Shaughnessy Way

    BCT · Rugby

    0.9 miles
  • Shaughnessy Way

    BCT · Rugby

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Northamptonshire 001C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,567 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £163,400,000 from 1 recorded sale in NN6 7HQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Northamptonshire is £292,754 in June 2026, up 2.5% year on year.

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. Houlton School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

79 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 26 events.

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