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Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone

Ward

The south west of the North Yorkshire. About 8,186 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 53% of people in Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,077
3,366th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
53%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Stray, Woodlands & HookstoneMiddle
Population89 wards, North Yorkshire · 2021
Population: every ward in North Yorkshire89 areas from 4,367 to 10,089. The middle area is 6,792. Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone is 8,077.
8,07719th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares89 wards, North Yorkshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in North Yorkshire89 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 69.0%. Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone is 53.0%.
53%joint 38th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage89 wards, North Yorkshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in North Yorkshire89 areas from 27.5% to 99.9%. The middle area is 88.0%. Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone is 98.8%.
98.8%joint 9th highest
Claimant rate89 wards, North Yorkshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in North Yorkshire89 areas from 0.8% to 6.5%. The middle area is 1.7%. Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone is 1.1%.
1.1%joint 7th lowest

Is Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone at a rate of 47.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 65.1 per 1,000 people across North Yorkshire.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 25 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (151), anti-social behaviour (79) and other crime (56).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of North Yorkshire

These figures are published for the whole of North Yorkshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of North Yorkshire and not Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone alone. See North Yorkshire

Average house price
£270,080
Up 1.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,783
116th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.3×
Joint 172nd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.8
Joint 108th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone in brief

Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone had 8,077 usual residents at the census.

About 53% of people in Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.