# Corby

Town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands.

Corby is a town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands. Median sale price £225,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 93.4 per 1,000 people. About 71,015 people.

Town. Code E63002876. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire)

Corby is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Corby add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £225,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Corby was £225,000 in 2025. Joint 348th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/corby#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 68,164** (2021). Corby had 68,164 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 161st most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/corby#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 86%** (2022). About 86% of people in Corby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/corby#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.9%** (January 2026). In Corby, 94.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/corby#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63002876) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 86% of people in Corby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=E63002876) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 866 homes were sold in Corby in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63002876) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Corby.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63002876) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Corby had 68,164 usual residents at the census.

## How Corby compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Corby | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £225,000 | joint 47th cheapest | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 68,164 | 7th most populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 86% | 38th most people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.9% | joint 42nd lowest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Corby safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Corby at a rate of 93.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across East Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 585 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Corby.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,475), anti-social behaviour (1,391) and other crime (1,047).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Corby was 101.6 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 Corby, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Corby has no single figure. Of its 40 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Corby

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [North Northamptonshire 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026971) | 1,774 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.1% |
| [North Northamptonshire 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026982) | 2,269 | 99.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.1% |
| [North Northamptonshire 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026969) | 1,782 | 74.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| [North Northamptonshire 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026970) | 1,710 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026972) | 1,839 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| [North Northamptonshire 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026976) | 1,668 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026981) | 1,235 | 53.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.2% |
| [North Northamptonshire 003F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026983) | 1,098 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026962) | 1,442 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [North Northamptonshire 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026973) | 1,473 | 132.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| [North Northamptonshire 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026974) | 1,131 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| [North Northamptonshire 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026975) | 1,379 | 108.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.4% |
| [North Northamptonshire 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026984) | 1,909 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| [North Northamptonshire 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026985) | 2,064 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% |
| [North Northamptonshire 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026949) | 1,428 | 409.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 71.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026950) | 1,634 | 133.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026951) | 1,355 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| [North Northamptonshire 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026952) | 1,445 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.6% |
| [North Northamptonshire 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026957) | 1,873 | 291.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026958) | 1,970 | 166.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01035393) | 1,723 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.6% |
| [North Northamptonshire 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01035394) | 1,668 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 006G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01035397) | 1,935 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| [North Northamptonshire 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026959) | 1,534 | 142.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.3% |
| [North Northamptonshire 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026960) | 1,589 | 156.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026961) | 1,318 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [North Northamptonshire 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026965) | 1,613 | 114.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.1% |
| [North Northamptonshire 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026966) | 1,489 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026967) | 1,853 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| [North Northamptonshire 007G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026968) | 1,790 | 179.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.6% |
| [North Northamptonshire 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026963) | 1,367 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01032963) | 1,507 | 77.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| [North Northamptonshire 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01032964) | 1,888 | 90.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| [North Northamptonshire 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01032965) | 1,887 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| [North Northamptonshire 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01032966) | 2,727 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| [North Northamptonshire 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01032967) | 2,643 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026953) | 1,404 | 116.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| [North Northamptonshire 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026954) | 1,575 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026955) | 1,381 | 13.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.8% |
| [North Northamptonshire 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01026956) | 2,292 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.9% |

## Your MP

- [Corby and East Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/corby-and-east-northamptonshire): Lee Barron (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[North Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire)

## Postcode districts covering Corby

[NN17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nn17), [NN18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nn18)

## Middle areas in Corby

[Corby Kingswood](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/corby-kingswood), [Corby Lodge Park](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/corby-lodge-park), [Corby North](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/corby-north), [Corby Town](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/corby-town), [Corby Village & Weldon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/corby-village-and-weldon), [Great Oakley and Danesholme](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/great-oakley-and-danesholme), [Snatchill](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/snatchill)

## Towns near Corby

[Kettering](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kettering), [Desborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/desborough), [Rothwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rothwell-north-northamptonshire), [Burton Latimer](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-latimer), [Market Harborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/market-harborough), [Wellingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wellingborough)

## Corby in brief

Corby is a town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands.
About 71,015 people lived in Corby in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 866 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 93.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Corby was £225,000 in 2025.
Corby had 68,164 usual residents at the census.
About 86% of people in Corby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Corby, 94.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63002876
- Constituency: [Corby and East Northamptonshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/corby-and-east-northamptonshire)
- Council: [North Northamptonshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire)
- Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 26.01 km²
- People, mid-2024: 71,015*
- Neighbourhoods: 40
- Output areas: 207

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Kettering](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kettering), [Desborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/desborough), [Rothwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rothwell-north-northamptonshire), [Burton Latimer](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-latimer), [Market Harborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/market-harborough), [Wellingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wellingborough)

## Latest updates for Corby

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002876

## How to cite

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