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NN29

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Irchester, Wollaston and Bozeat, in North Northamptonshire.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an NN29 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 88% of people in NN29 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£290,000
Joint 1,065th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
11,804
825th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
88%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How NN29 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

NN29Middle
Median sale price19 postcode districts, NN · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in NN19 areas from £205,000 to £368,225. The middle area is £270,000. NN29 is £290,000.
£290,000joint 6th most expensive
Population19 postcode districts, NN · 2021
Population: every postcode district in NN19 areas from 11,804 to 76,925. The middle area is 40,077. NN29 is 11,804.
11,804least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 postcode districts, NN · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in NN19 areas from 59.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 96.0%. NN29 is 88.0%.
88%5th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 postcode districts, NN · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in NN19 areas from 86.5% to 99.3%. The middle area is 95.5%. NN29 is 95.7%.
95.7%9th highest

Is NN29 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NN29 at a rate of 48.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 93.2 per 1,000 people across the NN postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 64 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NN29.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (223), anti-social behaviour (112) and other crime (78).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NN29 was 46.0 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 NN29, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NN29 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in NN29

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
North Northamptonshire 038E1,79235.8 per 1,000799.6%
North Northamptonshire 040A1,46844.6 per 1,000899.7%
North Northamptonshire 040B1,65876.5 per 1,000393.5%
North Northamptonshire 040C1,78763.2 per 1,000899.4%
North Northamptonshire 040D2,16633.1 per 1,000794.6%
North Northamptonshire 040E2,47449.5 per 1,000694.2%
North Northamptonshire 040F1,64146.1 per 1,000998.4%

MPs for NN29

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

Middle areas in NN291

Postcode sectors in NN291

Council1

Postcode districts next to NN297

More in the NN postcode area2

NN29 in brief

NN29 is a postcode district covering Irchester, Wollaston and Bozeat, in North Northamptonshire.

About 12,075 people lived in NN29 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £290,000 in 2025 across 217 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in NN29 was £290,000 in 2025.

NN29 had 11,804 usual residents at the census.

About 88% of people in NN29 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In NN29, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.