HU5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kingston upon Hull, Stepney and Inglemire, in Kingston upon Hull.
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 HU5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HU5, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HU5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HU5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HU5 at a rate of 110.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.2 per 1,000 people across HU.
In August 2026 alone, 536 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HU5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,105), other crime (1,304) and shoplifting (480).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HU5 was 100.3 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 HU5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HU5 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HU5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Riding of Yorkshire 023E | 1,719 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 043D | 1,162 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 014A | 1,611 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Kingston upon Hull 014B | 1,500 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 014C | 1,404 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 014D | 1,470 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Kingston upon Hull 015A | 1,706 | 161.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Kingston upon Hull 015B | 1,701 | 173.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 015C | 1,605 | 199.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 015D | 1,664 | 383.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Kingston upon Hull 015E | 1,478 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 018A | 1,548 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 018B | 1,357 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 018C | 1,720 | 332.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Kingston upon Hull 018D | 1,653 | 151.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 018E | 1,713 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Kingston upon Hull 019A | 1,502 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 019B | 2,010 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Kingston upon Hull 019C | 1,305 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 019D | 1,677 | 107.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 019E | 1,403 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 023A | 1,242 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 023B | 1,213 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 023C | 1,432 | 127.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 023D | 1,333 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 023E | 1,366 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 024E | 1,737 | 137.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.1% |
| Kingston upon Hull 025A | 1,456 | 114.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Kingston upon Hull 025B | 1,372 | 258.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 025C | 1,633 | 96.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Kingston upon Hull 025D | 1,429 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 027A | 1,570 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull 028D | 1,622 | 117.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
MPs for HU5
- Dame Diana JohnsonLabourMP for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham72% of HU5’s postcodes
- Emma HardyLabourMP for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice28% of HU5’s postcodes
- Karl TurnerIndependentMP for Kingston upon Hull East0.2% of HU5’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 HU56
Postcode sectors in HU55
Council1
Towns in HU51
Postcode districts next to HU56
Nearest rail stations2
More in the HU postcode area2
HU5 in brief
HU5 is a postcode district covering Kingston upon Hull, Stepney and Inglemire, in Kingston upon Hull.
About 51,450 people lived in HU5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £137,000 in 2025 across 681 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 110.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HU5 was £137,000 in 2025.
HU5 had 48,840 usual residents at the census.
In HU5, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HU5, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.