NN4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Northampton, Wootton and Far Cotton, in West 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 NN4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NN4, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NN4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NN4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NN4 at a rate of 77.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.2 per 1,000 people across NN.
In August 2026 alone, 374 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NN4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,498), anti-social behaviour (967) and other crime (749).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NN4 was 75.6 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 NN4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NN4 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NN4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Northamptonshire 036A | 1,443 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| West Northamptonshire 036B | 1,719 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 036C | 1,665 | 135.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| West Northamptonshire 036D | 1,604 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| West Northamptonshire 037A | 1,587 | 133.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| West Northamptonshire 037B | 2,298 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.3% |
| West Northamptonshire 037C | 1,590 | 224.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 037D | 1,780 | 127.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 037E | 2,725 | 84.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 66.1% |
| West Northamptonshire 038A | 1,382 | 108.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 038B | 1,286 | 70.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 038C | 1,968 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| West Northamptonshire 038D | 1,611 | 116.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 039A | 1,355 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| West Northamptonshire 039B | 1,827 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| West Northamptonshire 039C | 2,143 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| West Northamptonshire 039D | 2,371 | 86.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.4% |
| West Northamptonshire 041A | 1,679 | 131.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 041B | 1,416 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 041C | 1,559 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 041D | 1,343 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 041E | 1,631 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 041F | 1,423 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 044A | 1,643 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 044B | 1,805 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| West Northamptonshire 044C | 2,233 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 044D | 1,898 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 044E | 1,155 | 130.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 046E | 1,431 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| West Northamptonshire 046F | 1,623 | 22.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 046G | 1,681 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
MPs for NN4
- Mike ReaderLabourMP for Northampton South86% of NN4’s postcodes
- Sarah BoolConservativeMP for South Northamptonshire9.8% of NN4’s postcodes
- Lucy RigbyLabourMP for Northampton North4.0% of NN4’s postcodes
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 NN46
Postcode sectors in NN48
Council1
Towns in NN41
Postcode districts next to NN45
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NN postcode area2
NN4 in brief
NN4 is a postcode district covering Northampton, Wootton and Far Cotton, in West Northamptonshire.
About 54,409 people lived in NN4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,000 in 2025 across 849 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 77.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NN4 was £310,000 in 2025.
NN4 had 52,129 usual residents at the census.
In NN4, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NN4, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.