# Wellingborough

Town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands.

Wellingborough is a town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands. Median sale price £245,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 113.8 per 1,000 people.

Town. Code E63003230. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire)

Wellingborough is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Wellingborough 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: £245,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wellingborough was £245,000 in 2025. Joint 443rd 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/wellingborough#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 54,421** (2021). Wellingborough had 54,421 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 194th 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/wellingborough#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 98%** (2022). About 98% of people in Wellingborough 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/wellingborough#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.5%** (January 2026). In Wellingborough, 98.5% 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/wellingborough#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63003230) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 98% of people in Wellingborough 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=E63003230) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 713 homes were sold in Wellingborough in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63003230) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Wellingborough.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63003230) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Wellingborough had 54,421 usual residents at the census.

## How Wellingborough compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Wellingborough | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £245,000 | joint 44th most expensive | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 54,421 | 11th most populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 98% | 21st most people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.5% | joint 12th highest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Wellingborough safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wellingborough at a rate of 113.8 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, 561 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wellingborough.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,220), anti-social behaviour (1,557) and other crime (886).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Wellingborough was 124.6 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 Wellingborough, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Wellingborough has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 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 Wellingborough

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [North Northamptonshire 028A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027330) | 1,817 | 94.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.4% |
| [North Northamptonshire 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027331) | 1,545 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 028C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027332) | 1,572 | 56.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 028D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027333) | 2,263 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| [North Northamptonshire 028E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027334) | 1,515 | 160.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| [North Northamptonshire 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027343) | 1,420 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027344) | 1,476 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027345) | 1,287 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 029D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027346) | 1,494 | 107.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [North Northamptonshire 029E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027347) | 1,878 | 24.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027313) | 1,785 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027314) | 2,278 | 116.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027316) | 2,310 | 87.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01035429) | 1,501 | 119.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.5% |
| [North Northamptonshire 030E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01035430) | 2,202 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.1% |
| [North Northamptonshire 031A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027339) | 1,469 | 122.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [North Northamptonshire 031B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027340) | 1,606 | 117.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 031C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027341) | 1,705 | 155.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 031D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027342) | 1,640 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 032A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027350) | 1,590 | 209.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 032B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027351) | 1,680 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| [North Northamptonshire 032C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027352) | 1,506 | 92.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 032D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01035431) | 1,377 | 576.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.4% |
| [North Northamptonshire 032E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01035432) | 1,139 | 462.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.2% |
| [North Northamptonshire 033A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027309) | 1,481 | 115.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 033B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027310) | 1,680 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 033C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027311) | 1,343 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 033D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027312) | 1,540 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [North Northamptonshire 036A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027317) | 1,576 | 184.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 036B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027318) | 1,573 | 134.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 036C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027319) | 1,567 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [North Northamptonshire 036D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027320) | 2,137 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [North Northamptonshire 036E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/neighbourhood/e01027321) | 1,760 | 75.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Wellingborough and Rushden](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wellingborough-and-rushden): Gen Kitchen (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 Wellingborough

[NN8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nn8)

## Middle areas in Wellingborough

[Brickhill](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/brickhill), [Central Wellingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/central-wellingborough), [Croyland](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/croyland), [Queensway](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/queensway), [Redwell](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/redwell), [Rixon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/rixon), [Victoria & Isebrook](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire/victoria-and-isebrook)

## Towns near Wellingborough

[Irthlingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/irthlingborough), [Rushden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rushden), [Burton Latimer](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-latimer), [Higham Ferrers](https://openindex.co.uk/town/higham-ferrers), [Kettering](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kettering), [Northampton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/northampton)

## Wellingborough in brief

Wellingborough is a town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands.
About 57,930 people lived in Wellingborough in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 713 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 113.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Wellingborough was £245,000 in 2025.
Wellingborough had 54,421 usual residents at the census.
About 98% of people in Wellingborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wellingborough, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003230
- Constituency: [Wellingborough and Rushden †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wellingborough-and-rushden)
- 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: 15.61 km²
- People, mid-2024: 57,930*
- Neighbourhoods: 33
- Output areas: 167

* 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

[Irthlingborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/irthlingborough), [Rushden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rushden), [Burton Latimer](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-latimer), [Higham Ferrers](https://openindex.co.uk/town/higham-ferrers), [Kettering](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kettering), [Northampton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/northampton)

## Latest updates for Wellingborough

- 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/E63003230

## How to cite

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

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