# HG1

Postcode district covering Harrogate, Bilton and West Park, in North Yorkshire.

HG1 is a postcode district covering Harrogate, Bilton and West Park, in North Yorkshire. Median sale price £271,250 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code HG1. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [HG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an HG1 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £271,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in HG1 was £271,250 in 2025. 926th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 34,434** (2021). HG1 had 34,434 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 681st most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 90%** (2022). About 90% of people in HG1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.3%** (January 2026). In HG1, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=HG1) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 90% of people in HG1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=HG1) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 671 homes were sold in HG1 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=HG1) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for HG1.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=HG1) (Census 2021, England and Wales): HG1 had 34,434 usual residents at the census.

## How HG1 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | HG1 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £271,250 | cheapest | 5 postcode districts, HG · 2025 |
| Population | 34,434 | most populated | 5 postcode districts, HG · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 90% | 2nd most people in radon Affected Areas | 5 postcode districts, HG · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.3% | 3rd highest | 5 postcode districts, HG · Jan 2026 |

## Is HG1 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HG1 at a rate of 94.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.2 per 1,000 people across the HG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 377 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HG1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,115), anti-social behaviour (719) and shoplifting (508).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HG1 was 93.3 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in HG1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HG1 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in HG1

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Harrogate 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027641) | 1,232 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Harrogate 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027638) | 1,306 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| [Harrogate 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027639) | 1,216 | 11.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.3% |
| [Harrogate 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027640) | 1,455 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Harrogate 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027690) | 1,377 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Harrogate 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027738) | 1,256 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Harrogate 010F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027739) | 1,037 | 150.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Harrogate 010G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027741) | 1,384 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Harrogate 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027689) | 1,364 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Harrogate 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027691) | 1,527 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| [Harrogate 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027649) | 2,144 | 111.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| [Harrogate 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027657) | 1,196 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.1% |
| [Harrogate 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027658) | 1,519 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Harrogate 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027692) | 1,140 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| [Harrogate 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027740) | 1,525 | 122.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Harrogate 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027650) | 1,588 | 98.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Harrogate 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027726) | 1,739 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| [Harrogate 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027727) | 1,771 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| [Harrogate 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027655) | 1,316 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.8% |
| [Harrogate 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027659) | 1,710 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| [Harrogate 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027677) | 1,422 | 147.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
| [Harrogate 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027678) | 1,759 | 496.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.6% |
| [Harrogate 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027656) | 1,695 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.6% |
| [Harrogate 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027654) | 1,145 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |

## Your MP

- [Harrogate and Knaresborough](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/harrogate-and-knaresborough): Tom Gordon (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in HG1

[Bilton](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/bilton), [Central Harrogate](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/central-harrogate), [Harrogate East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/harrogate-east), [Starbeck](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/starbeck)

## Postcode sectors in HG1

[HG1 1 (124 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1-1), [HG1 2 (212 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1-2), [HG1 3 (134 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1-3), [HG1 4 (262 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1-4), [HG1 5 (159 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1-5), [HG1 9 (52 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1-9)

## Council

[North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)

## Towns in HG1

[Harrogate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/harrogate)

## Postcode districts next to HG1

[HG2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg2), [HG3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg3), [HG5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg5)

## Nearest rail stations

[Harrogate (1.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5376,53.9932), [Starbeck (1.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5011,53.9990), [Hornbeam Park (3.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5268,53.9799), [Knaresborough (3.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.4704,54.0090)

## More in the HG postcode area

[All HG postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## HG1 in brief

HG1 is a postcode district covering Harrogate, Bilton and West Park, in North Yorkshire.
About 35,556 people lived in HG1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £271,250 in 2025 across 671 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HG1 was £271,250 in 2025.
HG1 had 34,434 usual residents at the census.
About 90% of people in HG1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HG1, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: HG1
- Postcode area: [HG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg)
- Constituency: [Harrogate and Knaresborough †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/harrogate-and-knaresborough)
- Council: [North Yorkshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)
- Area: 13.64 km²
- People, mid-2024: 35,556*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 121

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[HG3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg3), [HG2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg2), [HG5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg5)

## Latest updates for HG1

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/HG1

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg1