HU4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kingston upon Hull, Gipsyville and East Ella, in Kingston upon Hull and 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 HU4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HU4, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HU4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HU4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HU4 at a rate of 77.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.2 per 1,000 people across HU.
In August 2026 alone, 221 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HU4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (761), other crime (333) and shoplifting (205).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HU4 was 81.6 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 HU4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HU4 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HU4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Riding of Yorkshire 043C | 1,337 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 043F | 1,403 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 028A | 1,507 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 028B | 1,513 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Kingston upon Hull 028C | 1,559 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Kingston upon Hull 028E | 1,544 | 98.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 031A | 2,246 | 126.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Kingston upon Hull 031B | 2,487 | 63.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 031D | 1,556 | 94.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 031E | 1,604 | 148.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 033A | 1,541 | 88.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Kingston upon Hull 033B | 1,447 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 033C | 1,838 | 158.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 033D | 1,551 | 124.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 033E | 1,844 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
Your MP
- Emma HardyLabourMP for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
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 HU43
Postcode sectors in HU42
Councils HU4 covers2
Towns in HU41
Postcode districts next to HU44
Nearest rail stations4
More in the HU postcode area2
HU4 in brief
HU4 is a postcode district covering Kingston upon Hull, Gipsyville and East Ella, in Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire.
About 23,565 people lived in HU4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £165,000 in 2025 across 338 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 77.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HU4 was £165,000 in 2025.
HU4 had 23,305 usual residents at the census.
In HU4, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HU4, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.