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Postcode district

Postcode district covering Desborough, Rothwell and Thrapston, in North Northamptonshire.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an NN14 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In NN14, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£290,000
1,065th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
46,397
278th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How NN14 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

NN14Middle
Median sale price19 postcode districts, NN · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in NN19 areas from £205,000 to £368,225. The middle area is £270,000. NN14 is £290,000.
£290,000joint 6th most expensive
Population19 postcode districts, NN · 2021
Population: every postcode district in NN19 areas from 11,804 to 76,925. The middle area is 40,077. NN14 is 46,397.
46,3974th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage19 postcode districts, NN · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in NN19 areas from 86.5% to 99.3%. The middle area is 95.5%. NN14 is 90.9%.
90.9%5th lowest
Claimant rate19 postcode districts, NN · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in NN19 areas from 1.4% to 6.2%. The middle area is 3.0%. NN14 is 2.3%.
2.3%5th lowest

Is NN14 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NN14 at a rate of 59.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 93.2 per 1,000 people across NN.

In August 2026 alone, 279 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NN14.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,003), anti-social behaviour (781) and other crime (391).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NN14 was 57.8 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in NN14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NN14 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in NN14

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
North Northamptonshire 006H1,89869.8 per 1,000983.1%
North Northamptonshire 011A1,84750.5 per 1,000691.1%
North Northamptonshire 011B2,02965.8 per 1,000631.5%
North Northamptonshire 011C1,99032.2 per 1,000999.8%
North Northamptonshire 011D2,18876.2 per 1,000691.9%
North Northamptonshire 011E1,53725.4 per 1,000996.4%
North Northamptonshire 011F1,52939.2 per 1,000899.6%
North Northamptonshire 012A1,69868.9 per 1,000687.9%
North Northamptonshire 012B1,64325.1 per 1,000793.2%
North Northamptonshire 013A1,56040.3 per 1,000898.9%
North Northamptonshire 013B1,63888.2 per 1,000698.6%
North Northamptonshire 013C1,29347.5 per 1,000699.4%
North Northamptonshire 013D1,31659.6 per 1,0001099.7%
North Northamptonshire 013E1,23330.0 per 1,000599.8%
North Northamptonshire 013F1,63773.8 per 1,000793.7%
North Northamptonshire 013G2,087144.9 per 1,000695.5%
North Northamptonshire 013H1,13991.2 per 1,000494.2%
North Northamptonshire 014A1,64761.3 per 1,000599.8%
North Northamptonshire 014B1,79140.6 per 1,0001096.5%
North Northamptonshire 014C2,43278.4 per 1,000595.6%
North Northamptonshire 014D1,490106.2 per 1,000399.0%
North Northamptonshire 014E1,260106.3 per 1,000397.9%
North Northamptonshire 020A1,68773.4 per 1,000561.9%
North Northamptonshire 020B1,55651.6 per 1,000896.0%
North Northamptonshire 020C1,71030.4 per 1,000996.6%
North Northamptonshire 020D1,45534.7 per 1,000797.9%
North Northamptonshire 024A2,33161.5 per 1,000697.1%
North Northamptonshire 024C2,09349.9 per 1,000578.7%
North Northamptonshire 026D2,42952.4 per 1,000777.5%

MPs for NN14

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in NN146

Postcode sectors in NN145

Council1

Towns in NN142

Postcode districts next to NN149

More in the NN postcode area2

NN14 in brief

NN14 is a postcode district covering Desborough, Rothwell and Thrapston, in North Northamptonshire.

About 48,018 people lived in NN14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £290,000 in 2025 across 909 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in NN14 was £290,000 in 2025.

NN14 had 46,397 usual residents at the census.

In NN14, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In NN14, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.