Blackthorn & Rectory Farm
WardThe east of the West Northamptonshire. About 11,500 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Blackthorn & Rectory Farm live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Blackthorn & Rectory Farm compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Blackthorn & Rectory Farm safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Blackthorn & Rectory Farm at a rate of 101.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.1 per 1,000 people across West Northamptonshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 118 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Blackthorn & Rectory Farm.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (469), anti-social behaviour (246) and other crime (148).
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.
Figures for the whole of West Northamptonshire
These figures are published for the whole of West Northamptonshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of West Northamptonshire and not Blackthorn & Rectory Farm alone. See West Northamptonshire
Blackthorn & Rectory Farm in brief
Blackthorn & Rectory Farm had 11,203 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Blackthorn & Rectory Farm live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Blackthorn & Rectory Farm, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Blackthorn & Rectory Farm, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.