# YO26

Postcode district covering York, Ouse Acres and Holgate, in York and North Yorkshire.

YO26 is a postcode district covering York, Ouse Acres and Holgate, in York and North Yorkshire. Median sale price £320,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code YO26. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [YO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo)

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 YO26 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £320,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in YO26 was £320,000 in 2025. Joint 961st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 31,287** (2021). YO26 had 31,287 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 853rd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in YO26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.2%** (January 2026). In YO26, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=YO26) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in YO26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=YO26) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 510 homes were sold in YO26 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=YO26) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for YO26.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=YO26) (Census 2021, England and Wales): YO26 had 31,287 usual residents at the census.

## How YO26 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | YO26 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £320,000 | joint 6th most expensive | 29 postcode districts, YO · 2025 |
| Population | 31,287 | 5th most populated | 29 postcode districts, YO · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 29 postcode districts, YO · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.2% | 9th highest | 29 postcode districts, YO · Jan 2026 |

## Is YO26 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO26 at a rate of 48.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across the YO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 167 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (585), anti-social behaviour (403) and other crime (240).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO26 was 55.8 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 YO26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO26 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in YO26

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Harrogate 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027683) | 1,788 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| [Harrogate 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027684) | 1,431 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 39.6% |
| [Harrogate 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027695) | 1,717 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.5% |
| [Harrogate 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027696) | 2,421 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.9% |
| [York 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013422) | 1,721 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| [York 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013426) | 1,724 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.7% |
| [York 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013427) | 1,419 | 16.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| [York 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013335) | 1,626 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [York 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013336) | 1,519 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| [York 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013337) | 1,653 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| [York 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013338) | 2,321 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [York 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013339) | 1,541 | 13.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [York 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013392) | 1,633 | 52.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [York 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013393) | 1,486 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [York 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013394) | 1,427 | 145.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [York 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013390) | 1,466 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| [York 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013391) | 1,958 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.2% |
| [York 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013442) | 1,485 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [York 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/york/neighbourhood/e01013444) | 1,519 | 99.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [York Central](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/york-central): Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 47% of the people here.
- [Wetherby and Easingwold](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wetherby-and-easingwold): Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 31% of the people here.
- [York Outer](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/york-outer): Mr Luke Charters (Labour), MP since July 2024. 22% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in YO26

[Acomb](https://openindex.co.uk/york/acomb), [Ouseburn, Hammerton & Tockwith](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/ouseburn-hammerton-and-tockwith), [Poppleton, Rufforth & Askham](https://openindex.co.uk/york/poppleton-rufforth-and-askham)

## Postcode sectors in YO26

[YO26 0 (9 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26-0), [YO26 4 (141 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26-4), [YO26 5 (246 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26-5), [YO26 6 (201 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26-6), [YO26 7 (98 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26-7), [YO26 8 (132 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26-8), [YO26 9 (58 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26-9)

## Councils YO26 covers

[York](https://openindex.co.uk/york), [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)

## Towns in YO26

[York](https://openindex.co.uk/town/york)

## Postcode districts next to YO26

[HG5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg5), [LS22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls22), [LS23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls23), [LS24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls24), [YO1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo1), [YO23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo23), [YO24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo24), [YO30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo30), [YO51](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo51), [YO61](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo61)

## Nearest rail stations

[Hammerton (700 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.2841,53.9963), [Cattal (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3205,53.9974)

## More in the YO postcode area

[All YO postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## YO26 in brief

YO26 is a postcode district covering York, Ouse Acres and Holgate, in York and North Yorkshire.
About 32,175 people lived in YO26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 510 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in YO26 was £320,000 in 2025.
YO26 had 31,287 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in YO26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In YO26, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: YO26
- Postcode area: [YO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo)
- Constituency: [York Central †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/york-central)
- Council: [York †](https://openindex.co.uk/york)
- Area: 139 km²
- People, mid-2024: 32,175*
- Neighbourhoods: 19
- Output areas: 101

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[YO30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo30), [YO23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo23), [LS22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls22), [YO51](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo51), [HG5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg5), [LS24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls24)

## Latest updates for YO26

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/YO26

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo26