NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE PROFILE March 2006

NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE PROFILE

March 2006

SUMMARY CONTENTS

North Northamptonshire contains four local authority areas – Corby, East Page Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough. It has a combined population of over SOCIAL PROFILE 3 290,000 and is due to grow rapidly over the next fifteen years. The area is central to the Population 4 delivery of the Governments sustainable communities agenda and as such, it is expected to accommodate an additional 52,100 new homes and 43,800 new jobs by 2021. Ethnicity 6 Housing 8 The five local authorities (four districts and the county council) have joined together with Social deprivation 12 English Partnership and East Midlands Development Agency to form North Northants Health 14 Together: a delivery vehicle to drive and manage the growth. A Business Plan has been Crime & disorder prepared and considerable work is underway to ensure that growth creates a well- 25 balanced, sustainable community. North Northants Together aims to champion high ECONOMY 29 quality design and to establish safer, healthy and prosperous communities in which Employment 31 people will want to live, work, learn and play. These values will equally be championed Unemployment 33 by the new delivery vehicle, ‘North Northamptonshire Development Company’ which will succeed North Northants Together when it merges with Catalyst Corby in April 2006. Commercial property 37 Enterprise 38 This profile has been produced to provide baseline information to support and inform the Skills & training 40 North Northants Together Board and looking ahead, it will help the new North Retail 43 Northamptonshire Development Company to assess delivery progress. It has been Tourism compiled using a range of data sources and research which has been carried out in the 48 area. It contains no primary research, but attempts to paint an overall picture of the ENVIRONMENT 49 existing communities in North Northamptonshire by drawing together information on the Biodiversity 50 social make-up, economy, environment and movement of the local area. Air 51

Cultural Heritage 51 Additional copies of this profile can be downloaded from www.nntogether.co.uk Waste 51

Greenspace projects 51 Water 52 TRANSPORT & MOVEMENT 53 Travel to work 55 Infrastructure 57 BIBLIOGRAPHY LINKS & GLOSSARY 59 Appendix 1: ward maps 60

North Northamptonshire Profile 2005 1 CONTENTS

Tables 1. Five group ethnicity classification for districts in North 16. People killed or seriously injured on the roads 32. Schools that are expected to be significantly over or under Northamptonshire 17. Number of reported incidents of anti-social behaviour capacity in 2008 2. Wards with the largest non-white population 18. Knowledge economy 33. Market share of convenience retail 3. Number of affordable dwellings built since 2001 19. Working age population, 2004 34. Comparison goods market share 4. Local authority deprivation ranking 20. Economic activity, 2004 35. MHE UK Shopping index 5. Number of people living in income deprived households 21. Economic inactivity, 2004 36. Tourist spend in Northamptonshire 6. ‘Not Good’ health: top and bottom 3 wards 22. Wards with the largest number of unemployed people 37. Number of people employed in the tourist industry in 7. Limiting long-term illness: top and bottom 3 wards 23. Unemployment by duration Northamptonshire 8. Provision of unpaid care: top and bottom 3 wards 24. Claimant count by usual occupation and number of unfilled 38. Land Use, 2005 9. Mortality by cause vacancies 39. % of area designated as SSSI’s 10. Healthy lifestyle indicators 25. Unfilled vacancies by industry, September 2005 40. County wildlife sites 11. Increase in number requiring care 26. Number and percentage of businesses by size band, 2003 41. Household waste 12. Recorded offences in Wellingborough & East 27. Earnings by residence (£ per week) 42. Distance between large settlements by road Northamptonshire 28. Floorspace by type, 2002 43. Travel times by rail to key destinations 13. Recorded offences in Kettering & Corby 29. Stock of VAT registered businesses, 2004 44. Population within one hours drive 14. Number of offences recorded by the police 30. Qualifications (working age population) 2004 45. Method of travel to work 15. Offences per 1,000 population recorded by the police 31. Basic literacy and numeracy skills, 2002 Graphs 1. Population by district 2001 to 2004 11. % of population with limiting long-term illness 21. % of 16 year olds gaining 5 or more GCSEs at grade A* to 2. Projected population growth in North Northamptonshire 12. Provision of unpaid care of more than 20 hours a week C 3. Age profile of North Northamptonshire, mid 2004 13. Relationship between LLTI and provision of unpaid care 22. Zone A retail rents 4. Dwelling type 14. Male life expectancy at birth 23. Number of comparison and convenience units 5. Tenure 15. Female life expectancy at birth 24. Percentage of town centre retail units that are vacant 6. Number of housing completions 16. Employment by sector 25. MHE UK shopping index national rank 7. Housing trajectory 17. Number of commercial units by age 26. % of rivers rated as good quality, 2003 8. Density of new developments, 2000/03 18. Net change in VAT registered businesses, 2003/04 27. Distance travelled to work 9. % of population with ‘not good’ health 19. VAT registrations per 10,000 adults 28. Comparison of distances travelled to work 10. ‘Not good’ health by ward 20. % who have received job related training in the past 13 weeks Maps 1. North Northamptonshire 6. % of population with limiting long-term illness 11. Locations where education deprivation is more severe 2. % non-white by ward 7. Access to a GP surgery 12. Average distance travelled to work 3. Barriers to housing sub-domain 8. Access from a general hospital 13. Access to services sub-domain 4. Location of higher levels of deprivation 9. Crime deprivation 5. Location of higher levels of income deprivation 10. Wards with the highest unemployment rates, Sept. 2005

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This section shows how the population is growing: the changing dynamics of this population in terms of age, ethnicity, health and household composition.

North Northamptonshire Profile 2005 3 POPULATION North Northamptonshire has a population of over 290,000 incorporating the boroughs and districts of Corby (53,100), East Northamptonshire (79,700), Kettering (84,300) and Wellingborough (73,000) (Source: ONS 2003 mid year population estimates). North Northamptonshire covers an area of 986km2. The majority of the population are concentrated in the largest towns of Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough. There are also a number of larger towns in East Northamptonshire, although much of the population in this more rural district is located in a number of villages. Population growth The population has grown by 3% since 2001, compared to a national increase of around 2% - see graph 1. The largest increases in population size were in East Northamptonshire where the population grew from 76,550 in 2001 to 80,700 in 2004 and in Kettering where the population grew from 81,840 in 2001 to 85,300 in 2004. The population in Wellingborough grew only slightly, and the population in Corby was fairly static during this time period. As the area has been identified by Government as a location for major growth over the next 20 years, the population is projected to grow considerably, reaching 376,000 by 2021 (from a base of 284,800 in 2001) - see graph 2. Age profile North Northamptonshire has a relatively young population with large numbers aged under 15 years. However, the population pyramid below shows a relatively low number of people in their 20’s, possibly due to higher numbers of people moving from the area for higher education or to find employment.

Graph 1: Population by district 2001 to 2004 Graph 2: Projected population growth in North Northamptonshire

90,000 400,000 80,000

70,000 300,000 60,000

50,000 200,000 40,000 Kettering 30,000 East Northamptonshire 20,000 100,000 Wellingborough 10,000 Corby

0 0 mid-2001 mid-2002 mid-2003 mid-2004 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021

Source: ONS Mid Year population estimates Source: ONS

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Graph 3: Age profile of North Northamptonshire, mid 2004 90+

85-89

80-84 MALE FEMALE 75-79

70 -74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50 -54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15 - 19

10 - 14

5-9

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-5% -4% -3% -2% -1% 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% Source: ONS Mid 2004 Population Estimates

North Northamptonshire Profile 2005 5 ETHNICITY The population of North Northamptonshire is fairly diverse - the only reliable source of data on ethnicity comes from the 2001 Census (KS06). The Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) population of North Northamptonshire is 4% (compared to national average of 9%). The largest non-White British groups are White Other (includes Irish) and the Asian or Asian British categories. 11,598 people in North Northamptonshire regard themselves as non-white. The BME population in North Northamptonshire districts ranges from a high of 9.2% in Wellingborough to a low of 1.6% in Corby. The largest ethnic group in Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough is Asian. In East Northamptonshire, the largest ethnic group is Mixed. Anecdotal evidence also suggests an increasing number of people of Eastern European origin in the area, although there are no official statistics to back this up.

Table 1: Five group ethnicity classification for districts in North Northamptonshire (KS06)

White Mixed Asian Black Chinese & other Total Number 272,489 2,806 5,291 2,491 1,010 284,087 North Northamptonshire % 95.92 0.99 1.86 0.88 0.36 Number 65,844 1,361 3,242 1,836 236 72,519 Wellingborough % 90.80 1.88 4.47 2.53 0.33 Number 79,139 593 1,375 322 415 81,844 Kettering % 96.69 0.72 1.68 0.39 0.51 Number 75,214 530 332 195 279 76,550 East Northamptonshire % 98.25 0.69 0.43 0.25 0.36 Number 52,292 322 342 138 80 53,174 Corby % 98.34 0.61 0.64 0.26 0.15

Largest ethnic groups Using the more detailed sixteen group classification of ethnicity, the following are the largest ethnic groups in North Northamptonshire:

• Other White - is the largest ethnic group in the area (5,023 people), spread relatively evenly across most wards. This group includes people from the EU, but not Britain or Ireland. • Indian - there are 4,256 people of Indian origin living in North Northamptonshire. 28% of these people live in just one ward (1,196 people) in Castle ward in Wellingborough. There are also relatively high numbers in Hemmingwell, Swanspool and Redwell wards in Wellingborough. • Irish - 3,446 Irish people live in the area. The largest numbers are in Hazelwood (224 people), Kingswood (178 people), Lodge Park (139 people) and Lloyds (138 people) wards in Corby • Black Caribbean - the Black Caribbean community (1,242 people) are largely concentrated in Brickhill, Hemmingwell, Castle and Croyland wards in Wellingborough.

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Table 2: Wards with the largest non-white population (KS06) Map 2: % non-white by ward

BME Largest ethnic groups Ward District population (& number of people)

1 Castle Wellingborough 34.1% Indian (1,196), Bangladeshi (190), Black Caribbean (187)

2 Hemmingwell Wellingborough 16.5% Indian (293), Black Caribbean (256), Mixed: White & Black Caribbean (148)

2 Brickhill Wellingborough 15.9% Black Caribbean (257), Indian (223), Mixed: White & Black Caribbean (128)

4 Swanspool Wellingborough 15.6% Indian (286), Black Caribbean (156), Irish (108)

5 Redwell East Wellingborough 12.8% Indian (271), Other White (72), Black Caribbean (61)

6 Redwell West Wellingborough 12.5% Indian (168), Black Caribbean (79), Other White (56)

7 St Peter's Kettering 11.4% Other White (112), Indian (103), Irish (40)

8 Brambleside Kettering 10.6% Indian (178), Other White (74), Chinese (58)

9 St Andrew's Kettering 10.4% Indian (160), Other White (157), Irish (46)

10 Queensway Wellingborough 10.0% Black Caribbean (139), Irish (112), Mixed: White & Black Caribbean (103) © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Source: ONS Northamptonshire County Council Licence No. 100019331 Published 04/10/2005

North Northamptonshire Profile 2005 7 HOUSING This section looks at aspects of the housing provision in North Northamptonshire: from the type and tenure of existing housing and the new dwellings being developed to the ability of the local population to access the housing market. Recent research by the Centre for Comparative Housing Research on ‘Housing in the East Midlands’ (work commissioned by the Regional Planning Board and the Regional Housing Board) shows that the housing market in North Northamptonshire is very self-contained in terms of both household migration and travel to work. Dwelling Type Tenure Graph 4 shows the type of dwellings that are most common in each district in North Graph 5 shows that owner occupier rates are higher than the national average in all Northamptonshire. Of the 125,000 dwellings in North Northamptonshire, 27% are districts except Corby, which has a high proportion of social rented properties. detached, 34% are semi detached, 26% are terraced and 9% are flats. The highest proportion of detached dwellings are in East Northamptonshire and the Graph 5: Tenure (UV63)

lowest proportion in Corby. Corby has a high proportion of terraced properties. Corby All districts have a lower proportion of flats than the national average.

ENGLA ND Ow ner occupied: w ith Graph 4: Dwelling type (KS16) or w ithout mortgage Social rented Wellingborough Corby Private rented

East Nort hamptonshire ENGLAND Detac hed Other Semi detached Wellingborough Terraced Kettering Flat 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Kettering Other Source: 2001 Census East Nort hampt onshire Tenure of new dwellings The table below shows the number of new affordable dwellings which have been 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% completed in each district since 2001. Source: 2001 Census Table 3: Number of affordable dwellings built since 2001 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 Total Corby ** ** ** 0 0 East Northamptonshire 105 4 34 44 187 Kettering ** 14 15 93 122 Wellingborough 63 25 64 99 251 ** No data Source: Local Authorities

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Housing development Housing figures are set in the Milton Keynes South Midlands Sub-Regional Strategy, March 2006. The two graphs below show the level of completions in North Northamptonshire and how these compare with the targets set in the Strategy. They show that completions have been consistently below target for the past four years. The cumulative effect is shown on the second graph and shows that in order to reach the target by 2021, completion rates will have to rise considerably above the projected annual requirement. However, increased completion rates which are needed to meet the target are dependent on the delivery of key transport and other infrastructure such as increased capacity for sewage treatment works, the Corby Link Road and Northern Orbital, Isham Bypass, Isham to Wellingborough improvements and improvements to the A14 at Kettering and the A45.

Graph 6: Number of housing completions

3,000 Total completions

2,000

Net dwelling Strategic allocation completions

1,000

Average annual requirement taking account of past 0 completions 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21

Graph 7: Housing trajectory

3,000

2,000

1,000 No. dwellings above or Dwellings 0 below cumulative 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 allocation -1,000

-2,000

-3,000

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Density Affordability / house prices The graph below shows the average density of new developments in each district Affordability in North Northamptonshire is varied, with relatively low house prices in parts between 2000 and 2003. Unsurprisingly the higher densities are in Corby and of Corby, and relatively high house prices in parts of East Northamptonshire. In East Wellingborough, with the lowest densities in East Northamptonshire: a function Northamptonshire, the average price of a house in Quarter 3 2005 was £171,515. This largely of its rural character. compares to a low of £121,344 in Corby (Source: Land Registry). Government guidance is to ensure that best use is made of land by ensuring that House prices in Kettering have experienced the highest rise (above the regional average) new developments are built at higher densities, particularly in town centres and close whilst in East Northamptonshire and Wellingborough, price rises have been very similar to public transport hubs. These average density figures should therefore start to rise to the regional increase. Corby has experienced growth below the regional average: in the near future. against the trend which has seen strongest price growth in less expensive locations. Vacancy rates were relatively high in North Northamptonshire in 2004, ranging from 2.7% Graph 8: Density of new developments 2000/03 to 3.1% (compared with a regional figure of 2.3%). The volume of social rented housing owned by local authorities and Registered Social Landlords is falling, a trend mirrored in the rest of the region. Research undertaken by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation into housing affordability showed that housing in North Northamptonshire is considered to be fairly affordable. The Corby study considered the house price to income ratio for working households (aged 20-39). In all four districts, the ratio is below the regional average, meaning that housing is more affordable in North Northamptonshire than in the rest of the region. (Corby 2.50, East Wellingborough Northamptonshire 2.89, Kettering 3.26, Wellingborough 2.99 and East Midlands 3.42) Homelessness Kettering From 2000/01 to 2002/03, there were significant falls in the numbers in temporary accommodation in East Northamptonshire and Wellingborough despite a large increase in homelessness. In North Northamptonshire, homelessness rose overall by 14% whilst East Northamptonshire numbers in temporary accommodation fell by 23%. Waiting list numbers increased by 6% over the same time period. This resulted in approximately 2.7 persons on the waiting 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35list for each 40 social rented dwelling let (Source: ONS) Dwellings per hectare Gypsy caravans Source: ODPM There were 262 recorded gypsy caravans in North Northamptonshire in January 2005. 11% of these were on unauthorised encampments. There was an increase of 300% in the total number of gypsy caravans between January 2003 and January 2005 - largely due to the provision of a private authorised site in Kettering.

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Barriers to Housing

As part of the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 produced by ODPM, there was a Map 3: Barriers to housing sub-domain measure of the barriers to housing faced by local people. This included consideration of overcrowding, difficulty of access to owner occupation and homelessness. Map 3 shows where the worst barriers were located.

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North Northamptonshire Profile 2005 11 SOCIAL DEPRIVATION Whilst overall the population in North Northamptonshire is relatively affluent, there are areas where the local community suffers from higher levels of deprivation. At a district level, Corby is ranked as the most deprived of the four district authorities. According to the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 (IMD2004 produced by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) Corby is ranked as the 60th most deprived authority area in England. The least deprived authority is East Northamptonshire which is ranked 268th (out of 354 district authorities in England, where a ranking of 1 = most deprived in England and a rank of 354 = least deprived in England). These rankings are shown in table 4.

Pockets of higher deprivation The map below shows that the pockets of more severe deprivation are mostly Map 4: Location of higher levels of deprivation located within the larger settlements of Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough. However, there are also pockets of higher deprivation in parts of Rushden, Finedon, Irthlingborough and Rothwell.

Table 4: Local Authority Ranking Corby

Rank of Average Rank

Corby 60

Wellingborough 189

Kettering 218 Rothwell

East Northamptonshire 268 Finedon Source: ODPM Indices of Deprivation 2004

Irthlinborough

Kettering

Rushden & Higham Ferrers

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Income deprivation

The IMD2004 calculates the number of people in each local authority area who are Map 5: Location of higher levels of income deprivation considered to live in income deprived households (live below 60% median income). Wellingborough has the highest number of people living in income deprived households - 8,575 people, 11.9% of the population. However, as a percentage of the population, Corby has the highest proportion of it’s population living in income deprived households - 14.3% of the total population.

Table 5: Number of people living in income deprived households

Number of people living in income

deprived households

Wellingborough 8,575

Kettering 8,147

Corby 7,647

East Northamptonshire 6,246

Source: ODPM Indices of Deprivation 2004

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North Northamptonshire Profile 2005 13 HEALTH This section considers all aspects of health in the existing community, provision of healthcare and likely ‘Not good’ health by ward levels of demand in future. The graphs below show the spread of % ‘not good’ health in each ward by General health ‘not good’ (UV10) district. The largest spread is in Wellingborough, from a high of 12.8% in The 2001 census asked residents whether they considered their general health to be ‘good’, ‘fair’ or ‘not Swanspool ward to a low of 4.5% in Redwell ward. Corby also has a large good’. 8% of the population of North Northamptonshire considers themselves to have ‘not good’ health. spread, from a high of 12.0% in East ward to a low of 5.2% in Rural North ward. This is lower than the national average. However, this headline figure masks considerable variation between wards in each district as shown in the table below. Graph 10: ‘Not good’ health by ward Corby has the highest levels of ‘not good’ health - 9.4% of the population. Corby 0

1 Rural North ward East ward 1. 0 1 Graph 9: % of population with ‘not good’ health 1. 9 91 1 0.

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% Corby England Wellingborough East Northamptonshire NORTH NORTHAM PTONSHIRE 0

Kettering 1 Rushden East ward

1. Drydon ward 0 1 1. East Northamptonshire 9 91 1 0.

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10%0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14%

Source: 2001 Census, UV20

General health ‘not good’ top and bottom wards Kettering

Wellingborough has both the ward with the highest and lowest proportion of people who classify themselves as 0 1 1. Spinney ward Warkton ward 0 1 having ‘not good’ health and the ward with the lowest. The rate of ‘not good’ health is almost three times as 1. 9 91 1 high in Swanspool ward as in Redwell West ward. 0. Table 6: ‘Not good’ health: Top and bottom 3 wards 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% Ward District % Not Good health

Swanspool Wellingborough 12.8% Wellingborough East Corby 12.0% Swanspool ward 0 1

1. Redwell ward 0 1 Kingswood Corby 10.9% 1. 9 91 1 0. Brambleside Kettering 5.2% 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% Spinney Kettering 5.1% Redwell West Wellingborough 4.5% Source: 2001 Census, UV20 Source: 2001 Census, UV20

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% with Limiting Long-Term Illness In the 2001 Census, respondents were asked whether they considered themselves to have a long-term Map 6: % of population with Limiting Long-Term Illness by ward illness, health problem or disability that limits daily activity or work. The highest rates of limiting long term illness (LLTI) are in Corby where 18.4% of the population considers themselves to have a limiting long term illness. This figure is comparable to the regional average and is marginally above the national average. In all other districts, levels of LLTI are below the national and regional averages, with the lowest levels in East Northamptonshire of 15.2%. Graph 11: % of population with Limiting Long-Term Illness East ward

Corby

England

Wellingborough

NORTH NORTHA MPTONSHIRE

Kettering

East Northamptonshire

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20%

Source: 2001 Census, UV22 Wards with highest and lowest proportion of people with LLTI St Marys ward The table below shows the large spread in the proportion of the population who have LLTI in each ward: ranging from a high of 25.8% in Swanspool ward (Wellingborough) to a low of 9.1% in Redwell West ward (Wellingborough). Table 7: LLTI by ward: Top and bottom 3 wards Ward District % with LLTI Swanspool Wellingborough 25.8% East Corby 22.0% Swanspool ward St Mary's Kettering 20.4% Hillside Corby 11.0% Spinney Kettering 10.5% Source: 2001 Census Redwell West Wellingborough 9.1% © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Source: 2001 Census, UV22 Northamptonshire County Council Licence No. 100019331 Published 04/10/2005

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Provision of unpaid care Relationship between Limiting Long-Term Illness and The 2001 Census asked whether people provided unpaid care to a relative or neighbour. In Corby, unpaid care the proportion of people providing unpaid care of more than 20 hours a week was higher than in all other districts in the area and was higher than both the regional and national averages. The lowest The graph below plots each ward in North Northamptonshire in terms of the proportion of people providing unpaid care was in East Northamptonshire, where only 2.5% of the proportion of the population in each ward who have an LLTI and the population provided unpaid care of more than 20 hours a week. This shows that the areas which proportion of people in each ward that provide unpaid care of more than 20 had the highest levels of LLTI, also had the highest proportions of people providing unpaid care. hours a week. It shows that in general terms, the wards with the highest proportion of Graph 12: Provision of unpaid care of more than 20 hours a week people with LLTI also have the highest rates of people providing unpaid care. The main outliers are Swanspool ward in Wellingborough and St Marys ward in Kettering which both have higher rates of LLTI combined with lower rates Corby of unpaid care than the average. This could have implications for service England providers and may identify areas where additional care needs to be targeted. In a more positive sense, there are wards which have a higher than average NORTH NORTHA MPTONSHIRE rate of caring compared to their rates of LLTI - these include Redwell West Wellingborough ward in Wellingborough and Hillside ward in Corby.

Kettering Graph 13: Relationship between LLTI and provision of unpaid caring East Northamptonshire

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 30% Swanspool ward Source: 2001 Census, UV21 25% The table below shows the wards with the highest rates of people providing unpaid care of more St Marys ward than 20 hours a week for a relative or neighbour by ward. It shows that Kingswood ward in Corby 20% has the highest rate of 4.1% and Queen Eleanor ward in Kettering has the lowest rate of 1.6%. % with LLTI 15% Table 8: Provision of unpaid care by ward: Top and bottom 3 wards Ward District % with LLTI 10% Hillside ward Redwell West ward Kingswood Corby 4.1% 5% Avondale Kettering 4.0% West Corby 3.9% 0% Great Doddington and Wilby Wellingborough 1.7% 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% Dryden East Northants 1.7% % providing unpaid care Queen Eleanor Kettering 1.6% Source: 2001 Census, UV21 Source: 2001 Census, UV21

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Life expectancy The two graphs below show the average life expectancy at birth in each district. In all cases, life expectancy of females is higher than that of males. Corby has the lowest life expectancy and is the only district to be consistently below the national average. In 2002/2004, life expectancy in Corby was 74.4 years for males and 79.2 years for females. This compares with a high of 77.4 years for males in East Northamptonshire and 81.3 years for females in East Northamptonshire and Wellingborough.

Graph 14: Male life expectancy at birth Graph 15: Female life expectancy at birth

82 ENGLA ND Corby 82 East Northamptonshire Kettering 80 80 Wellingborough 78 78

Life 76 Life 76 Expectancy Expectancy (years) 74 (years) 74 ENGLA ND Corby

72 72 East Northamptonshire Kettering

70 70 Wellingborough 68 68 1991-1993 1992-1994 1993-1995 1994-1996 1995-1997 1996-1998 1997-1999 1998-2000 1999-2001 2000-2002 2001-2003 2002-2004 1991/93 1992/94 1993/95 1994/96 1995/97 1996/98 1997/99 1998/2000 1999/2001 2000/02 2001/03 2002/04 1991-1993 1991/93 1992-19941992/94 1993-19951993/95 1994/96 1994-1996 1995/97 1995-1997 1996/98 1996-1998 1997/99 1997-1999 1998/2000 1998-2000 1999/2001 1999-2001 2000/02 2000-2002 2001/03 2001-2003 2002/04 2002-2004 Source: National Centre for Health Outcomes Development, 2005 Mortality by cause (directly age standardised Healthy lifestyle indicators rates, per 100,000 population) 2002 / 2004 The table below shows the wards which are significantly above the national average based on certain lifestyle The table below shows that the mortality rate in Corby, Kettering and indicators. There are four wards which are above the national average for smoking (East and Kingswood wards in Wellingborough is above the national average. East Northamptonshire Corby, Avondale ward in Kettering and Queensway ward in Wellingborough). In addition, Rushden East ward in East has lower overall mortality rates, although the district has higher rates Northamptonshire is significantly above the national average for obesity. Consumption of fruit and vegetables of mortality from accidents than the national average. Corby has amongst adults is significantly below the national average in Hillside, Kingswood and Shire Lodge wards in Corby. particularly high rates of death from cancers. There are no wards in North Northamptonshire where levels of binge drinking are significantly above the national Table 9: Mortality by cause average. This data is based upon the 2000-2002 Health Survey for England (HSFE) survey which provides synthetic estimates of All circulatory All All All healthy lifestyle factors at ward level. This research was carried out by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. diseases cancers accidents causes Table 10: Healthy lifestyle indicators: Wards which are significantly worse than national average Corby 243.6 220.0 24.3 760.0 Kettering 227.7 170.0 22.0 656.5 Ward Wellingborough 235.6 175.3 18.2 651.8 Obesity Rushden East (East Northamptonshire) ENGLAND 233.2 183.0 16.0 650.3 Smoking East & Kingswood (Corby), Avondale (Kettering), Queensway (Wellingborough) East Northamptonshire 205.9 172.3 18.0 625.3 Fruit and vegetable consumption Hillside, Kingswood and Shire Lodge (Corby) Source: National Centre for Health Outcomes Development, 2005 Source: HSFE survey, ONS

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Health poverty index: Corby

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Health poverty index: East Northamptonshire

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Health poverty index: Kettering

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Health poverty index: Wellingborough

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Health poverty index The NHS Plan (2000) states that ‘no injustice is greater than the inequalities in health which scar our nation’. It proposes a number of developments to combat the situation, including the development of a Health Poverty Index. This aims to provide a simple graphical representation of the different aspects of health which affect the individual in a local area. The spider graphs on the previous page show that the situation of health for people emerges from a history of intervening factors that are themselves based in a set of root causes. For each indicator, a score of zero indicates the best situation in terms of health poverty (i.e. low levels of health poverty) and a score of 1 the worst situation (i.e. high levels of health poverty).

The graphs on the previous pages help to illustrate the different experiences of people within each district regarding health.

Corby: Corby fares poorly in terms of wealth, work and local environment, social care resourcing and in terms of GDP. However, it is ranked highly in relation to home environment, recreation facilities and access to preventative healthcare.

East Northamptonshire: Similarly East Northamptonshire is ranked relatively poorly in relation to social care resourcing and GDP and is also ranked relatively poorly in terms of local government resourcing. The district is ranked favourably in home environments, income, physical morbidity and premature mortality.

Kettering: Kettering has poor social care and local government resourcing and is ranked poorly in relation to GDP and wealth. It is ranked highly in physical morbidity, income, recreation facilities and access to preventative healthcare.

Wellingborough: Wellingborough has relatively low levels of wealth, social care and local government resourcing and GDP. However, it is ranked highly in relation to physical and psychological mortality, recreation facilities and access to preventative healthcare.

Summary: Overall this work indicates that North Northamptonshire suffers from lower than average social care resourcing and local government resourcing, but experiences high levels of access to preventative healthcare and good access to recreation facilities.

Work on the HPI is being funded by the Department of Health and is being carried out by the University of St Andrews, University of Oxford and the South East Public Health Observatory. See www.hpi.org.uk for further information.

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Current provision of healthcare Provision of healthcare in North Northamptonshire is through a network of local GP surgeries and main hospitals which are located within the larger urban areas of Kettering, Wellingborough and Rushden. There is also hospital provision at Bedford, Peterborough, Northampton, Market Harborough and Stamford, just outside North Northamptonshire. There are 35 GP practices, 38 dental practices, 48 pharmacies and 29 opticians in North Northamptonshire (Source: Northamptonshire Heartlands PCT website, November 2005). Access to these healthcare facilities is considered on the next page.

East Northamptonshire: GP surgeries within rural East Northamptonshire are currently operating at or over capacity levels (assessed by patient to GP ratio). There is currently some spare capacity in Raunds and Rushden. Within Irthlingborough one surgery recently completed an extension and the GP Surgery at Thrapston is currently awaiting planning permission for a new site, with other surgeries also set to increase GP numbers. In the southern part of East Northants the collection of larger settlements means that there is a wider range of opportunities to access medical facilities, either within smaller market towns such as Thrapston, Raunds, Irthlingborough and Higham Ferrers or larger centres such as Rushden and Wellingborough. In the north-east, Oundle is an important centre providing access to a wide range of villages immediately to the south and north of the A605. However, villages such as King’s Cliffe look

increasingly toward Stamford and Peterborough for their needs. Corby: The growth of Corby will increase the pressure on surgeries within the surrounding rural area. It has been anticipated that the Weldon extension will require a large health

centre. Smaller additions to capacity will be necessary to accommodate growth at the villages of Rockingham, Stanion and Oakley. Kettering: GP practices within Kettering are generally at capacity with many having closed their patient lists. Through the planned growth of Kettering, it has been envisaged that additional primary care facilities will be required to support increased growth. Growth to the west of Kettering at the village of Mawsley will require small additions to capacity, and the

planned growth option at Burton Latimer will also require additions to capacity levels to accommodate growth. Wellingborough: The larger settlements to the south of Wellingborough, such as Earls Barton, Bozeat and Irchester, all have GP’s surgeries. The smaller villages in this more rural area therefore have reasonable access to medical services, especially when the proximity of Wellingborough and Northampton is taken into account. Settlements in the rural west are more reliant on Northampton and Market Harborough to the west. The exceptions to this are Desborough and Rothwell, which offer a range of services appropriate to their size and serve villages in the immediate locality such as Loddington, Harrington and Rushton. The planned growth of Wellingborough to the east will require significant additional primary care facilities.

Future Need Levels of demand for health and social care services are predicted to increase by 40-45% by 2031 Table 11: Increase in number requiring care (MKSM Health and Social Care Sub-Group, Supporting the Development of a Health & Social Care Strategy - Framework for the MKSM Sub-Region Strategic Framework - Acting Strategically as a 2006 2011 2021 2031 % change Growth Area: The Health and Social Care System March 2000). The number of outpatients treated, Accident and Emergency attendances and ambulance callouts is expected to rise by 50% between Outpatients 223,398 240,759 279,455 334,734 49.8% 2006 and 2031. Accident & Emergency 62,043 66,887 77,637 92,994 49.9% In terms of secondary health care, Kettering District Hospital is currently operating at full capacity attendances and it has been assumed that growth within the catchment area will need to be accommodated by increased capacity. Local healthcare providers are currently investigating alternative ways of Ambulance service response 19,220 20,714 24,043 28,799 49.8% providing health care including a move towards more community-based facilities in the future. Source: NHS

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Access to health services Access to a GP surgery by walking 800m and/or bus (Mondays 0700 to 1200) Access from a general hospital (Mondays 1730 to 2030) Map 7 shows parts of North Northamptonshire which suffer poor access to a GP Map 8 shows parts of North Northamptonshire where people which suffer poor access surgery: largely the more rural parts of East Northamptonshire. However there are from a General Hospital i.e. areas where people cannot travel home by public transport smaller pockets between the larger settlements which cannot access a GP surgery using in the evening. Local General Hospitals are located in Kettering and close to North public transport. Northamptonshire in Peterborough, Northampton and Bedford. Map 7: Access to a GP surgery Map 8: Access from a general hospital

© Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Northamptonshire County Council Licence No. 100019331 Published 04/10/2005 © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Northamptonshire County Council Licence No. 100019331 Published 04/10/2005 Note: these are draft maps and are only indicative of the accessibility of services at certain times of the day

24 North Northamptonshire Profile 2005 CRIME AND DISORDER Policing in North Northamptonshire is carried out by Northamptonshire Police. The Northamptonshire North Police Area is divided into four sectors: Wellingborough, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and Corby, along with their surrounding villages.

Each sector has its own team which works directly within the community to tackle their specific concerns and problems which impact on people’s quality of life. The force is committed to increasing visible policing and public reassurance within the community and to introducing ‘neighbourhood policing’ to provide local communities with a dedicated team of officers who are visible, accessible and known to local people. The local police are also running operations to tackle priority crimes such as burglary of people’s homes, vehicle crime, violence, anti- social behaviour and criminal damage.

The police cannot achieve significant reductions in these crimes alone. They work closely with partner organizations through the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships to develop long-term strategies to tackle these issues through improving the local environment, education and crime prevention. They also look to every member of the North Area community to do their part in taking every measure they can to secure their personal property by not leaving items on display in vehicles, for example, and deterring opportunist thieves who take advantage of open and unlocked doors and windows and to report anyone they suspect of criminal activity.

Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships Each local authority area has it’s own Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) which is made up of a range of partners who work together to reduce crime and disorder. The key issues identified for each CDRP in North Northamptonshire are as follows: Corby Kettering • Violent crime including domestic abuse and hate crime • Reduce incidents of anti-social behaviour including criminal damage and hate crime • Anti social behaviour including criminal damage and arson • Tackle drug, alcohol and substance misuse • Substance misuse • Reduce domestic burglary • Property crime including burglary, robbery and vehicle crime • Reduce vehicle crime • Business related crime including shoplifting and burglary • Tackle violent crime, including domestic abuse

East Northamptonshire Wellingborough • Reduce crime • Intimidation and assault • Tackle anti-social behaviour • Property crime • Tackle drugs, alcohol and substance misuse • Drugs and alcohol • Create a safer environment • Anti social behaviour • Community led action

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Recorded offences The tables below show the number of offences recorded by Northamptonshire Police.

Table 12: Recorded offences in Wellingborough & East Northamptonshire Table 13: Recorded offences in Kettering & Corby

April 2004 to April 2005 to April 2004 to April 2005 to change % change change % change Jan 2005 Jan 2006 Jan 2005 Jan 2006

Violence 1,805 1,820 15 0.8% Violence 2,634 2,411 -223 -8.5%

Sexual offences 127 104 -23 -18.1% Sexual offences 140 123 -17 -12.1%

Burglary dwelling 634 637 3 0.5% Burglary dwelling 794 714 -80 -10.1%

Burglary other 1,196 1,242 46 3.8% Burglary other 1,171 1,002 -169 -14.4%

Robbery 159 162 3 1.9% Robbery 152 134 -18 -11.8%

Theft from motor vehicle 1,096 1,143 47 4.3% Theft from motor vehicle 1,199 972 -227 -18.9%

Theft of motor vehicle 502 422 -80 -15.9% Theft of motor vehicle 607 570 -37 -6.1%

Vehicle interference 231 191 -40 -17.3% Vehicle interference 329 314 -15 -4.6%

Theft, handling 2,156 2,031 -125 -5.8% Theft, handling 3,256 2,671 -585 -18.0%

Fraud, forgery 514 440 -74 -14.4% Fraud, forgery 797 557 -240 -30.1%

Criminal damage 3,054 2,887 -167 -5.5% Criminal damage 3,603 3,461 -142 -3.9%

Drug offences 183 283 100 54.6% Drug offences 399 280 -119 -29.8%

Other offences 140 101 -39 -27.9% Other offences 164 160 -4 -2.4%

TOTAL 11,797 11,463 -334 -2.8% TOTAL 15,245 13,369 -1,876 -12.3%

Source: Northamptonshire Police

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Reported crime Road traffic accidents The tables below show the number of offences recorded by the police along with the rate The table below shows that the number of people killed or seriously injured is highest in per 1,000 population (except for burglary dwelling which is also expressed as a rate per East Northamptonshire, in particular amongst car occupants and pedestrians. The 1,000 dwellings) for some of the most important crime types in each district. number of people killed or seriously injured on two wheeled motor vehicles (motorbikes or scooters) is highest in Kettering and Wellingborough. Table 14: Number of offences recorded by the police, 2004/05 Table 16: People killed or seriously injured on the roads, 2003 Violence Two Theft of a against Sexual Burglary Theft from All Car Wheeled Robbery motor Cyclists Pedestrians the offences dwelling a vehicle Casualties Occupants Motor vehicle person Vehicles

Corby 1,568 76 114 409 391 595 East Northamptonshire 77 46 11 3 11

Kettering 1,503 75 52 488 360 846 Kettering 54 25 13 3 10

Wellingborough 1,247 84 160 450 353 740 Wellingborough 50 23 14 5 7

East Northamptonshire 904 59 26 312 245 579 Corby 39 17 9 5 6

Source: Department of Transport data, 2003 Table 15: Offences per 1,000 population recorded by the police, 2004/05 Violence Theft of a against Sexual Burglary Burglary Robbery motor the offences dwelling dwelling* vehicle person

Corby 30 1 2 8 19 7

Kettering 18 1 1 6 14 4

Wellingborough 17 1 2 6 15 5

East Northamptonshire 11 1 0 4 9 3

* Per 1,000 dwellings Source: Home Office

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Anti-social behaviour Crime deprivation Anti-social behaviour (ASB) is defined in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 as ‘behaviour which The map below shows the areas in North Northamptonshire which suffer causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more people’. Among forms it from the highest levels of crime deprivation according to the ODPM Indices of can take include: graffiti, abusive and intimidating language, excessive noise, litter, drunken Deprivation 2004. It shows that the worst affected areas are in the larger behaviour and dealing drugs. settlements of Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and Rushden. The Northamptonshire North policing area features in the top ten ‘hotspots’ for anti-social behaviour across the county based on the number of reports received over the 12 month period ending Map 9: Crime deprivation September 2005. In total there were 26,643 reported incidents of anti-social behaviour in North Northanmptonshire. Unsurprisingly, the majority of ‘hotspots’ by volume of reports are located within town centres. This may be due to a number of factors relevant to the day- and night-time economy. The table below shows that the highest number of reported incidents of anti-social behaviour were in Kettering and Corby town centres. High numbers were also reported in the Swanspool area of Wellingborough (close to the town centre) and on the Kingswood estate in Corby. Whilst the number of recorded crimes has been falling over time, the number of reports of anti-social behaviour has been increasing at a much greater rate. It reached the point in July 2005 where the number of reported incidents of anti-social behaviour exceeded the number of recorded crimes in Northamptonshire. Tackling ASB is a priority target for the local community beat officers.

Table 17: Number of reported incidents of anti-social behaviour (12 months to Sept 2006) County Rank Ward, District /Borough No. of ASB reports Area characteristics 3 Kettering town centre 746 Town Centre 4 Corby town Centre 745 Town Centre Key 5 Swanspool Wellingborough 682 Town Centre Most deprived 7 Kingswood, Corby 508 Residential Estate

Total ASB NNDC 26,643 Least deprived

Source: ComPaSS unit Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBO’s)

There have been 27 Anti Social Behaviour Orders issued in North Northants in the 18 months Source: ODPM Indices of Deprivation 2004 between January 2004 and June 2005. Eleven of these were issued in Corby, six each in East © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Northamptonshire and Kettering and four in Wellingborough (source: Home Office). Northamptonshire County Council Licence No. 100019331 Published 04/10/2005

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