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Home to 2,856 people, this town lies in Northamptonshire, East Midlands. Its listed buildings number 49, with 0 at Grade I.
Pupils here do less well than most: primary results beat 12% of towns in England. Weedon Bec’s overall grade, C, puts it better than 26% of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #23 of 31 in Northamptonshire. Hazard risk is weaker too (D) — 5.5% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Homes sell for a median £300,000, about 5.4 years of what households in the West Northamptonshire council area earn. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for safety, B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Weedon Bec is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Weedon Bec does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 49 buildings inside Weedon Bec’s built-up area, 26 of them Grade II*.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →49 listed buildings in Weedon Bec.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Maltsters Arms: Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Old Bakehouse: Photo: Andrew Abbott · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Railway Viaduct over Church Street: Photo: Les Hull · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Weedon Bec.
There is one school here; it is shown below. At the 3 primary schools within 3 km, 52% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). 182 pupils attend Weedon Bec’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weedon Bec Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 182 | D− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 26 of them. Weedon Bec counts 49 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 26 Grade II*. A fifth of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Northamptonshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car carried nearly nine in ten commuters at the census. One in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Northamptonshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (27%). Of the commuters living in Weedon Bec, 11% work in the town itself. The town counts 0.5 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 109 offences in Weedon Bec and 36 cases of nuisance behaviour. Half of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. There were 10.7 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), higher than both Northamptonshire’s towns (9.5) and England’s towns (7.8).
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.
Men in Weedon Bec can expect to live to 81.2, women to 85.6 (2019–23). Seeing a GP means leaving Weedon Bec: the nearest practice is 3.5 miles away. The nearest A&E to Weedon Bec is Northampton General Hospital, 8.4 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Weedon Bec | Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.3% | 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 answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Households that own their home make up 67%. The £300,000 median rests on 124 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). Private rents average £1,084 a month across the West Northamptonshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £353,750 | 62 |
| Semi-detached | £285,000 | 29 |
| Terraced | £253,500 | 24 |
| Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | 9 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Residents of Weedon Bec have a median age of 45.1. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.5%, lower than both Northamptonshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Graduates make up 30% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Weedon Bec | Northamptonshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.5% | 6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 30% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Northamptonshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Town in Northamptonshire, England
Weedon Bec is a built-up area of 2,856 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weedon Bec | 2,856 | — | C | B− | C+ | B− |
| Flore | 1,452 | 1.2 | — | C | B | B |
| Nether Heyford | 1,504 | 2 | — | C | A | B |
| Bugbrooke | 3,040 | 3.5 | B+ | B− | A− | B |
| Harpole | 1,349 | 4 | — | C | A | B |
| Pattishall and Astcote | 1,081 | 4.1 | — | B | A− | A |
| Kislingbury | 1,323 | 4.3 | — | C | B | B |
| Daventry | 27,783 | 4.3 | C− | B | C− | C |
Flore, Nether Heyford, Harpole, Pattishall and Astcote and Kislingbury have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 7 times the typical UK town for its size.
Primary results trail 88% 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.
About the middle for its size: 59% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+. Burglary was rare, with 4 reports in the year.
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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