HU16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cottingham, New Village and Skidby, in East Riding of 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 HU16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HU16, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HU16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HU16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HU16 at a rate of 65.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.2 per 1,000 people across HU.
In August 2026 alone, 112 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HU16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (385), other crime (212) and shoplifting (166).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HU16 was 63.5 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 HU16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HU16 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 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 HU16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Riding of Yorkshire 022A | 1,440 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 022B | 1,165 | 22.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 022C | 1,012 | 14.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 022D | 2,206 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 022E | 1,236 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.9% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 023A | 1,316 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 023B | 1,605 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 023C | 1,468 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 023D | 1,168 | 67.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 025A | 1,364 | 135.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 025B | 1,629 | 114.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 025C | 1,425 | 68.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
MPs for HU16
- Dame Diana JohnsonLabourMP for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham92% of HU16’s postcodes
- David DavisConservativeMP for Goole and Pocklington7.5% of HU16’s postcodes
- Graham StuartConservativeMP for Beverley and Holderness0.4% of HU16’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 HU163
Postcode sectors in HU162
Council1
Towns in HU161
Postcode districts next to HU166
Nearest rail stations1
More in the HU postcode area2
HU16 in brief
HU16 is a postcode district covering Cottingham, New Village and Skidby, in East Riding of Yorkshire.
About 17,145 people lived in HU16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 317 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HU16 was £245,000 in 2025.
HU16 had 15,942 usual residents at the census.
In HU16, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HU16, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.