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A village in Northamptonshire, East Midlands, home to 1,436 people.
Brigstock’s strongest is jobs & income (B): mean household income £61,055; 1.6% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Buying in is costly: homes sell for a median £393,500, about 7.7 times local household income. Walkability is weaker too: 10% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, B for schools and B for health.
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Brigstock has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
The 3 things Brigstock does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Brigstock is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Brigstock’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brigstock.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Scaled to its population, Brigstock has 292 listed buildings per 10,000 people, above Northamptonshire’s towns (82) and England’s towns (39) alike. Its listed buildings include the Church of St Andrew, Grade I. It has 42 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
There is one school here; it is shown below. At the one primary school within 3 km, 63% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). 102 pupils attend Brigstock’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigstock Latham's Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 102 | B− |
71% of households own their home, above both Northamptonshire’s towns (64%) and England’s towns (61%). The £393,500 median rests on 78 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). Private rents average £992 a month across the North Northamptonshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £450,000 | 40 |
| Semi-detached | £290,000 | 25 |
| Terraced | £370,000 | 13 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 33% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 1.6%. 87% of commuters drove, above Northamptonshire’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. Of the commuters living in Brigstock, 8% work in the town itself. The town counts 0.3 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Seeing a GP means leaving Brigstock: the nearest practice is 4.7 miles away. 18% of residents have a disability, higher than both Northamptonshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Brigstock is Kettering General Hospital, 6.7 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Brigstock | Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 46 crimes and 44 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Brigstock’s built-up area. There were 23.2 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), higher than both Northamptonshire’s towns (9.5) and England’s towns (7.8). For its size, Brigstock records more crime per resident than three quarters of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people. Violence and sexual offences accounted for half of recorded crime.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The age that splits Brigstock in two is 50.9. Children under 15 make up 15%, below both Northamptonshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.7% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Brigstock | Northamptonshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9% | 6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 34% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Northamptonshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Brigstock. Best known first.
Historic houseLyveden New Bield3.2 km outside town, to the eastAttractionAttraction · National TrustLyveden3.2 km outside town, to the eastTheme parkTheme parkAdrenaline Alley4.7 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigstock | 1,436 | — | — | C− | B− | B |
| Weldon | 3,042 | 2.9 | B− | C+ | B+ | C |
| Geddington | 1,525 | 3.6 | — | C− | A | A− |
| Corby | 68,164 | 4.5 | C− | B | C− | D |
| Woodford | 1,472 | 5.2 | — | B− | B− | C+ |
| Thrapston | 7,239 | 5.3 | B− | C+ | B | B |
| Oundle | 6,252 | 6 | A− | D | B+ | A |
| Kettering | 63,149 | 6.1 | C | B− | D | C− |
Geddington and Woodford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 12 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Andrew. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £393,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £370,000, semi-detached houses £290,000 and detached houses £450,000.
Village in Northamptonshire, England
Brigstock is a built-up area of 1,436 people, in the North Northamptonshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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