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5,769 people call this town in Northamptonshire, East Midlands home.
Brixworth’s strongest subject is schools — primary results beat 95% of towns in England. Add jobs & income to its strengths: mean household income £63,032; 1.7% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £330,000, 5.9 times what households in the West Northamptonshire council area earn in a year. What holds it back is walkability: 12% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Overall, that makes an A+, good for #1 of 31 in Northamptonshire. It comes out better than 95% of UK towns.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things Brixworth 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 Brixworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Brixworth’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1800.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brixworth.
74% of pupils at the 3 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). The town has one school, shown below. Brixworth CofE VC Primary School’s results beat nearly nine in ten schools in England like it.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brixworth CofE VC Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 484 | A |
At the census, 86% of people in Brixworth called their health good or very good, above Northamptonshire’s towns (83%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. 15% of residents in Brixworth live with a disability. The town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 3.5 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Brixworth | Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.4% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Violence and sexual offences accounted for three fifths of recorded crime. A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 151 offences in Brixworth and 44 cases of nuisance behaviour. The violent crime rate is 16.1 per 1,000 residents a year. For its size, Brixworth records less crime per resident than 81% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
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 heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Brixworth’s listed buildings include the Church of All Saints, Grade I. It has 28 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, below Northamptonshire’s towns (84) and England’s towns (39) alike. 10% of homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 36% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
By car: that was how 87% of commuters travelled at the census. Working mainly from home: 36% of workers, above both Northamptonshire’s towns (26%) and England’s towns (31%). About 15% of its commuters stay in Brixworth for work. Jobs per working resident: 0.9.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The private rented sector houses 11% of households. The median sale, £330,000, comes from 217 standard sales inside Brixworth’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £1,084 a month across the West Northamptonshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £450,000 | 118 |
| Semi-detached | £288,000 | 51 |
| Terraced | £259,000 | 44 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The median resident of Brixworth is 43.4 years old. People aged 15 to 24 are 11% of the population. 18% are under 15, in line with Northamptonshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%).
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Brixworth | Northamptonshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.8% | 6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 36% | 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 Brixworth. Best known first.
Historic houseLamport Hall2.9 km outside town, to the north
Historic houseCottesbrooke Hall4.4 km outside town, to the northwestWildlife parkWildlife parkBuckton Fields Amphibian Area4.5 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
16 listed buildings in Brixworth, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of All Saints: Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Brixworth market cross: Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The George Inn: Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Granary: Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brixworth | 5,769 | — | A+ | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Spratton | 1,288 | 2 | — | B− | A | B+ |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 3.4 | B− | C+ | D | B+ |
| Sywell and Overstone | 1,636 | 4.7 | — | D | A− | B+ |
| Mawsley Village | 2,487 | 5 | — | C | A | B+ |
| Northampton | 243,527 | 5.6 | C+ | B+ | D | C− |
| Broughton | 1,982 | 6.2 | — | B− | B− | B |
| Harpole | 1,349 | 6.9 | — | C | A | B |
Spratton, Sywell and Overstone, Mawsley Village, Broughton and Harpole have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Primary results beat 95% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by West Northamptonshire council.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Northamptonshire, England
Brixworth is a built-up area of 5,769 people, in the West 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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