DORSET ROAD, NN2 7PU House Prices & Local Information

NN2 7PU is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Dorset Road, 0.8km from Hill Top in Northampton. Administratively it sits within Kingsthorpe South ward and the Northampton North constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, NN2 7PU is a diverse suburb with younger adults and first-time buyers, good starter homes. The daytime character shifts — ethnically mixed workforce in transportation and storage. An average age of 31 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 58% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 68 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: Average house prices are around £191k, down 28.7% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for NN2 7PU are sourced from Output Area E00138530 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.