HG4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ripon, 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 HG4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HG4, 68.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HG4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HG4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HG4 at a rate of 48.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.2 per 1,000 people across HG.
In August 2026 alone, 113 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HG4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (521), anti-social behaviour (284) and other crime (176).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HG4 was 49.2 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 HG4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HG4 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HG4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrogate 001A | 1,788 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 63.2% |
| Harrogate 001B | 1,464 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 15.1% |
| Harrogate 001C | 1,112 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.5% |
| Harrogate 001D | 1,130 | 19.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 51.0% |
| Harrogate 002A | 1,888 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.3% |
| Harrogate 002B | 1,611 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 55.4% |
| Harrogate 002C | 1,591 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 64.0% |
| Harrogate 002D | 1,165 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.9% |
| Harrogate 003B | 1,610 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 62.5% |
| Harrogate 003C | 1,671 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 35.7% |
| Harrogate 004A | 1,771 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.7% |
| Harrogate 004B | 1,784 | 189.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 52.5% |
| Harrogate 004C | 1,721 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.8% |
| Harrogate 004D | 1,388 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| Harrogate 004E | 1,222 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Harrogate 004F | 1,131 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.1% |
| Harrogate 004G | 1,319 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
MPs for HG4
- Sir Julian SmithConservativeMP for Skipton and Ripon91% of HG4’s postcodes
- Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMP for Thirsk and Malton5.0% of HG4’s postcodes
- Sir Alec ShelbrookeConservativeMP for Wetherby and Easingwold2.4% of HG4’s postcodes
- Rishi SunakConservativeMP for Richmond and Northallerton1.5% of HG4’s postcodes
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 HG44
Postcode sectors in HG46
Council1
Towns in HG41
Postcode districts next to HG44
More in the HG postcode area2
HG4 in brief
HG4 is a postcode district covering Ripon, in North Yorkshire.
About 26,543 people lived in HG4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £325,000 in 2025 across 330 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HG4 was £325,000 in 2025.
HG4 had 25,827 usual residents at the census.
In HG4, 68.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HG4, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.