RYDAL MOUNT, NN3 2AT House Prices & Local Information

NN3 2AT is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Rydal Mount, 0.8km from Cottarville in Northampton. Administratively it sits within Headlands ward and the Northampton North constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, NN3 2AT is a working-class neighbourhood with strong employment ties. The daytime character shifts — ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. An average age of 32 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 46% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 49 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £158k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 30.2% 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 NN3 2AT are sourced from Output Area E00138212 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.