Is Desborough a good place to live?

Desborough has 11,899 residents, 90% of them in neighbourhoods in England's better-off half, 100% of its inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and recorded crime (7.4 per 1,000 a month) is below the median English town of its size (9.8). Whether it is a good place to live depends on the street: the NestScope area report scores any Desborough postcode.

Desborough recorded 7.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a month inside the town boundary over 2026-06 to 2026-08 (police.uk), against 9.8 for the median English town of this size. The largest category was asb.

How many people live in Desborough?

11,899 people live in Desborough (Census 2021, ONS built-up area), across 9.7 km² — about 1,230 per km².

What are the schools like in Desborough?

There are 3 schools inside Desborough; 100% of those inspected are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The top-rated include Havelock Infant School, Havelock Junior School and Loatlands Primary School.

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Living in Desborough

Desborough is a town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England. This guide describes it as one place — who lives there, what sits inside its boundary and how safe it is — from official UK data. For any single street, the NestScope area report covers every Desborough postcode.

Desborough is a town of 11,899 people at 1,230 per km², where 90% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England's better-off half. 3 of its 3 inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and it recorded 7.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a month.

Lower crime than most towns
Better-off than most towns
Spacious
Fewer parks than most towns

11,899Desborough population

1,230people per km²

90%live in England's better-off half

7.4crimes per 1,000 a month

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schools stations parks9.7 km² · ONS built-up area boundary

01 — What's in Desborough

What's in Desborough: schools, GPs, stations, parks and shops

Counted inside the town boundary. A school or station two streets past it belongs to the next place.

●Schools100% of inspected rated Good or Outstanding3

●GP practices · hospitals2 pharmacies, 1 dentists0 · 0

●Rail stations · bus stops0 · 39

●Parks & playing fields7.3 ha — (·· ha), (·· ha), (·· ha)7

●Supermarkets5

●Libraries1

02 — Schools in Desborough

Best-rated schools in Desborough

1Havelock Infant SchoolPrimaryOutstanding 2Havelock Junior SchoolPrimaryGood 3Loatlands Primary SchoolPrimaryGood

Ranked by Ofsted grade.

03 — Desborough crime rate

Desborough crime rate

7.4crimes per 1,000 residents a month inside the town boundary · 2026-06 to 2026-08

Fewer than the median English town of this size (9.8) · 88 recorded crimes a month in all

Violent

ASB

Shoplifting

Public order

Vehicle

Burglary

England median for a town of this size · full bar = 10 per 1,000 a month · police.uk street-level data

04 — Questions about Desborough

Is Desborough a good place to live?: Desborough has 11,899 residents, 90% of them in neighbourhoods in England's better-off half, 100% of its inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and recorded crime (7.4 per 1,000 a month) is below the median English town of its size (9.8). Whether it is a good place to live depends on the street: the NestScope area report scores any Desborough postcode.
Is Desborough safe?: Desborough recorded 7.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a month inside the town boundary over 2026-06 to 2026-08 (police.uk), against 9.8 for the median English town of this size. The largest category was asb.
How many people live in Desborough?: 11,899 people live in Desborough (Census 2021, ONS built-up area), across 9.7 km² — about 1,230 per km².
What are the schools like in Desborough?: There are 3 schools inside Desborough; 100% of those inspected are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The top-rated include Havelock Infant School, Havelock Junior School and Loatlands Primary School.
Where is Desborough?: Desborough is a town in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England.

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This page is NestScope's guide to Desborough as a whole town, built from the same official sources as the area reports: the ONS boundary of the built-up area, Census 2021, the English Indices of Deprivation, police.uk recorded crime and the Department for Education's school register. Counts are of what sits inside the boundary; crime is a three-month average. It is updated as those sources publish.

Sources — ONS built-up areas 2022, Output Area lookups and Census 2021 (OGL v3.0) · English Indices of Deprivation 2019, carried onto 2021 LSOAs · police.uk street-level crime, the town boundary passed as the query polygon · DfE GIAS + Ofsted, NHS ODS, NaPTAN, OS Open Greenspace, Geolytix, Arts Council — every point counted by which 2021 neighbourhood it falls in.