HG2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Harrogate, Oatlands and Woodlands, in North Yorkshire.
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 HG2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HG2, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HG2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HG2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HG2 at a rate of 52.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.2 per 1,000 people across HG.
In August 2026 alone, 116 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HG2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (675), anti-social behaviour (339) and other crime (255).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HG2 was 58.0 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 HG2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HG2 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HG2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrogate 013B | 1,463 | 121.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| Harrogate 014A | 1,511 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 81.7% |
| Harrogate 014E | 1,323 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Harrogate 014F | 1,462 | 118.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Harrogate 015A | 1,719 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Harrogate 015F | 1,286 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Harrogate 017A | 1,480 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Harrogate 017B | 1,417 | 55.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Harrogate 017C | 1,224 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| Harrogate 017D | 1,355 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Harrogate 017E | 1,455 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Harrogate 017F | 1,362 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Harrogate 019B | 1,511 | 196.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.9% |
| Harrogate 019C | 1,490 | 16.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Harrogate 019D | 1,452 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Harrogate 019E | 1,225 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Harrogate 020A | 1,736 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.8% |
| Harrogate 020C | 1,547 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Harrogate 020D | 1,506 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.9% |
| Harrogate 020E | 1,583 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Harrogate 020F | 2,027 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Harrogate 020G | 1,509 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
Your MP
- Tom GordonLiberal DemocratMP for Harrogate and Knaresborough
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in HG23
Postcode sectors in HG24
Council1
Towns in HG21
Postcode districts next to HG23
Nearest rail stations4
More in the HG postcode area2
HG2 in brief
HG2 is a postcode district covering Harrogate, Oatlands and Woodlands, in North Yorkshire.
About 33,016 people lived in HG2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £381,250 in 2025 across 592 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 52.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HG2 was £381,250 in 2025.
HG2 had 32,289 usual residents at the census.
In HG2, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HG2, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.