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A large town of 27,783 in Northamptonshire, East Midlands.
Daventry grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 23% of UK towns, and #26 of 31 in Northamptonshire. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (A): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is schools (D): primary results beat 13% of towns in England; secondary results beat 6% of towns in England. The median home sold for £260,000 in the last three years, 4.6 times what households in the West Northamptonshire council area earn in a year.
The thing Daventry 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 Daventry is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 74 buildings inside Daventry’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
3% 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 Daventry.
Some 3,879 pupils attend Daventry’s seven primaries and two secondaries. Of its 10 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 6 primary schools: 52% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashby Fields Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 397 | C+ |
| The Parker E-ACT AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,132 | C− |
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Police figures for Daventry’s built-up area: 1,796 crimes and 721 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Per 1,000 residents, 13.8 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded a year. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 23.1 reports per 1,000, above both Northamptonshire’s towns (9.5) and England’s towns (7.8). Violence and sexual offences made up 48% of the total.
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 nearest A&E to Daventry is Northampton General Hospital, 12 miles away. 2 GP practices serve the town; nearly four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. At the census, 5% of people here described their health as bad or very bad.
| Census 2021 | Daventry | Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Working mainly from home: nearly a quarter of workers, below Northamptonshire’s towns (26%) and England’s towns (31%) alike. Daventry counts 0.8 jobs per working resident. 37% of commuters who live in Daventry also work there. Before tax, the average household brings in £49K a year.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Private rents average £1,084 a month across the West Northamptonshire council area. Half of the 1,193 standard sales inside Daventry’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £260,000. 59% of households own their home.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £360,000 | 366 |
| Semi-detached | £255,000 | 423 |
| Terraced | £210,000 | 291 |
| Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | 113 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Northamptonshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (16%). Daventry’s listed buildings include the Church of the Holy Cross, Grade I. Listed buildings per head: 27 for every 10,000 residents of the town.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Daventry has a median age of 38.9. 16% of residents have reached 65. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, near Northamptonshire’s towns (11%) and lower than England’s towns (12%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Daventry | Northamptonshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.1% | 6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Northamptonshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
74 listed buildings in Daventry, 1 of them Grade I.
Moot Hall: Photo: Podologo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Saracen's Head Inn: Photo: stavros1 · CC BY 3.0 · 5, New Street: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Abbey Building: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0
13 notable people were born in Daventry.
William Westbrooke Burton: Unknown photographer, Public domain · John Smith: Godfrey Kneller, Public domain · James Slade: Unidentified painter, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daventry | 27,783 | — | C− | B | C− | C |
| Braunston | 1,519 | 2.6 | — | B− | A− | B+ |
| Long Buckby | 3,821 | 4.2 | A | B− | C+ | A− |
| Weedon Bec | 2,856 | 4.3 | C | B− | C+ | B− |
| Kilsby | 1,341 | 4.8 | — | C | B | B |
| Flore | 1,452 | 4.8 | — | C | B | B |
| Onley | 1,667 | 5.5 | — | B− | D | B− |
| Crick | 2,245 | 5.8 | — | C | B | B+ |
Braunston, Kilsby, Flore, Onley and Crick have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
About the middle for its size: 59% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C−.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Large town in Northamptonshire, England
Daventry is a built-up area of 27,783 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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