# Kettering

Town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands.

Kettering is a town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands. Median sale price £255,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 108.0 per 1,000 people. About 66,228 people.

Town. Code E63003016. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire)

Kettering is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Kettering 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: £255,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Kettering was £255,000 in 2025. Joint 487th 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/kettering#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 63,149** (2021). Kettering had 63,149 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 171st 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/kettering#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Kettering 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/kettering#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.3%** (January 2026). In Kettering, 97.3% 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/kettering#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63003016) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Kettering 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=E63003016) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 968 homes were sold in Kettering in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63003016) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Kettering.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63003016) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Kettering had 63,149 usual residents at the census.

## How Kettering compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Kettering | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £255,000 | 35th most expensive | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 63,149 | 10th most populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.3% | 35th highest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Kettering safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kettering at a rate of 108.0 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, 630 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kettering.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,602), anti-social behaviour (1,680) and other crime (1,143).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Kettering was 119.0 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 Kettering, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Kettering has no single figure. Of its 35 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Kettering

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [North Northamptonshire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027079) | 1,860 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| [North Northamptonshire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027080) | 1,957 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027087) | 1,159 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027088) | 1,256 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027089) | 2,210 | 125.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.1% |
| [North Northamptonshire 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027081) | 1,578 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| [North Northamptonshire 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027082) | 1,869 | 95.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [North Northamptonshire 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027083) | 1,526 | 102.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027127) | 1,962 | 175.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| [North Northamptonshire 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027128) | 1,807 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.2% |
| [North Northamptonshire 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027105) | 2,562 | 135.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027106) | 2,123 | 82.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| [North Northamptonshire 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027111) | 2,174 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027112) | 2,344 | 146.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027104) | 2,459 | 143.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.1% |
| [North Northamptonshire 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027113) | 2,263 | 120.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027115) | 2,097 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| [North Northamptonshire 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027116) | 2,199 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| [North Northamptonshire 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027117) | 1,482 | 148.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.1% |
| [North Northamptonshire 018F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01035413) | 1,013 | 520.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.8% |
| [North Northamptonshire 018G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01035414) | 1,116 | 767.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 83.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027096) | 1,153 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027097) | 1,523 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [North Northamptonshire 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027098) | 1,164 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027099) | 1,481 | 108.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027122) | 1,179 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027084) | 2,353 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027085) | 1,576 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027086) | 2,101 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027120) | 1,284 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027121) | 2,395 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 022A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027100) | 1,788 | 135.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| [North Northamptonshire 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027114) | 1,649 | 56.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027130) | 1,905 | 110.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027131) | 2,280 | 139.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |

## Your MP

- [Kettering](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kettering): Rosie Wrighting (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 Kettering

[NN15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nn15), [NN16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nn16)

## Middle areas in Kettering

[Barton Seagrave](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/barton-seagrave), [Kettering Avondale Grange](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/kettering-avondale-grange), [Kettering Brambleside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/kettering-brambleside), [Kettering Central East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/kettering-central-east), [Kettering East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/kettering-east), [Kettering South](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/kettering-south), [Kettering Town & West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/kettering-town-and-west)

## Towns near Kettering

[Burton Latimer](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-latimer), [Rothwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rothwell-north-northamptonshire), [Corby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/corby), [Desborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/desborough), [Wellingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wellingborough), [Irthlingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/irthlingborough)

## Kettering in brief

Kettering is a town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands.
About 66,228 people lived in Kettering in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £255,000 in 2025 across 968 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 108.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Kettering was £255,000 in 2025.
Kettering had 63,149 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Kettering live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Kettering, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003016
- Constituency: [Kettering †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kettering)
- 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: 17.11 km²
- People, mid-2024: 66,228*
- Neighbourhoods: 35
- Output areas: 192

* 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

[Burton Latimer](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-latimer), [Rothwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rothwell-north-northamptonshire), [Corby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/corby), [Desborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/desborough), [Wellingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wellingborough), [Irthlingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/irthlingborough)

## Latest updates for Kettering

- 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/E63003016

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/kettering, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/kettering#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/kettering