YO8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Selby and Westfield, 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 YO8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In YO8, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How YO8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is YO8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO8 at a rate of 72.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across YO.
In August 2026 alone, 362 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,350), anti-social behaviour (897) and other crime (515).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO8 was 69.1 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 YO8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO8 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in YO8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Riding of Yorkshire 018A | 1,977 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.1% |
| Selby 002B | 1,431 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Selby 002C | 1,556 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Selby 003A | 1,571 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Selby 003B | 1,926 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Selby 003C | 1,971 | 13.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.7% |
| Selby 005A | 1,244 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.1% |
| Selby 005C | 1,414 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Selby 005D | 1,608 | 277.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.2% |
| Selby 005E | 2,226 | 347.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.6% |
| Selby 005G | 1,392 | 85.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Selby 005H | 1,123 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Selby 005I | 1,500 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Selby 005J | 1,231 | 184.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Selby 005K | 1,560 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| Selby 006A | 1,872 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Selby 006B | 1,575 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Selby 006E | 1,164 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Selby 006F | 2,397 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Selby 007A | 1,235 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Selby 007B | 1,478 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Selby 007C | 1,759 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Selby 007D | 2,745 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Selby 007E | 1,425 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.0% |
| Selby 008A | 1,045 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| Selby 008B | 1,644 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.5% |
| Selby 008D | 1,991 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.7% |
| Selby 008E | 2,208 | 23.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.1% |
| Selby 009C | 2,187 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
MPs for YO8
- Keir MatherLabourMP for Selby96% of YO8’s postcodes
- David DavisConservativeMP for Goole and Pocklington4.0% of YO8’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 YO84
Postcode sectors in YO87
Council1
Towns in YO81
Postcode districts next to YO87
Nearest rail stations1
More in the YO postcode area2
YO8 in brief
YO8 is a postcode district covering Selby and Westfield, in North Yorkshire.
About 49,843 people lived in YO8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £235,000 in 2025 across 791 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in YO8 was £235,000 in 2025.
YO8 had 48,224 usual residents at the census.
In YO8, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In YO8, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.