Rural South Northamptonshire
WardThe south west of the West Northamptonshire. About 14,486 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 255 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 79% of people in Rural South Northamptonshire live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Rural South Northamptonshire compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Rural South Northamptonshire safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rural South Northamptonshire at a rate of 33.4 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, 29 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rural South Northamptonshire.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (128), anti-social behaviour (98) and other crime (68).
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 Rural South Northamptonshire alone. See West Northamptonshire
Rural South Northamptonshire in brief
Rural South Northamptonshire had 14,525 usual residents at the census.
About 79% of people in Rural South Northamptonshire live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rural South Northamptonshire, 69.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Rural South Northamptonshire, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.