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Postcode district

Postcode district covering Corby and Great Oakley, 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 NN18 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 NN18, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£220,000
517th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
40,077
453rd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How NN18 compares

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

NN18Middle
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. NN18 is £220,000.
£220,0003rd cheapest
Population19 postcode districts, NN · 2021
Population: every postcode district in NN19 areas from 11,804 to 76,925. The middle area is 40,077. NN18 is 40,077.
40,07710th 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%. NN18 is 96.1%.
96.1%8th highest
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%. NN18 is 4.1%.
4.1%joint 5th highest

Is NN18 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NN18 at a rate of 81.1 per 1,000 people.

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

In August 2026 alone, 288 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NN18.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,367), anti-social behaviour (747) and other crime (492).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NN18 was 83.2 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 NN18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NN18 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 9: 3 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 NN18

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
North Northamptonshire 004A1,44262.0 per 1,000399.8%
North Northamptonshire 004E1,909115.4 per 1,000399.3%
North Northamptonshire 004F2,06469.2 per 1,000698.8%
North Northamptonshire 005B1,634133.7 per 1,000295.7%
North Northamptonshire 005C1,35556.2 per 1,000297.8%
North Northamptonshire 006G1,93553.5 per 1,000698.5%
North Northamptonshire 007A1,534142.8 per 1,000396.3%
North Northamptonshire 007B1,589156.9 per 1,000298.9%
North Northamptonshire 007C1,31865.4 per 1,000299.8%
North Northamptonshire 007D1,613114.2 per 1,000194.1%
North Northamptonshire 007E1,48977.3 per 1,000398.7%
North Northamptonshire 007F1,85396.0 per 1,000397.5%
North Northamptonshire 007G1,790179.4 per 1,000189.6%
North Northamptonshire 008A1,36753.6 per 1,000395.7%
North Northamptonshire 008B1,50777.2 per 1,000998.4%
North Northamptonshire 008C1,88890.4 per 1,000797.3%
North Northamptonshire 008D1,88736.2 per 1,0001098.3%
North Northamptonshire 008E2,72738.5 per 1,000998.8%
North Northamptonshire 008F2,64342.1 per 1,000997.7%
North Northamptonshire 009A1,404116.7 per 1,000699.5%
North Northamptonshire 009B1,57580.4 per 1,000293.7%
North Northamptonshire 009C1,38113.9 per 1,0001092.8%
North Northamptonshire 009D2,29279.3 per 1,000584.9%

MPs for NN18

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 NN183

Postcode sectors in NN183

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Towns in NN181

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Nearest rail stations1

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NN18 in brief

NN18 is a postcode district covering Corby and Great Oakley, in North Northamptonshire.

About 41,576 people lived in NN18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 433 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 81.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in NN18 was £220,000 in 2025.

NN18 had 40,077 usual residents at the census.

In NN18, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In NN18, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.