# YO8

Postcode district covering Selby and Westfield, in North Yorkshire.

YO8 is a postcode district covering Selby and Westfield, in North Yorkshire. Median sale price £235,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 72.1 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code YO8. 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 YO8 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £235,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in YO8 was £235,000 in 2025. Joint 636th cheapest 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/yo8#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 48,224** (2021). YO8 had 48,224 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 245th 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/yo8#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in YO8 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/yo8#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.9%** (January 2026). In YO8, 97.9% 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/yo8#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=YO8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in YO8 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=YO8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 791 homes were sold in YO8 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=YO8) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for YO8.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=YO8) (Census 2021, England and Wales): YO8 had 48,224 usual residents at the census.

## How YO8 compares

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

| Measure | YO8 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £235,000 | 7th cheapest | 29 postcode districts, YO · 2025 |
| Population | 48,224 | 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 | 97.9% | 3rd highest | 29 postcode districts, YO · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the YO postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in YO8

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [East Riding of Yorkshire 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01013022) | 1,977 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.1% |
| [Selby 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027886) | 1,431 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Selby 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027887) | 1,556 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Selby 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027876) | 1,571 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Selby 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027877) | 1,926 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Selby 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027900) | 1,971 | 13.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.7% |
| [Selby 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027878) | 1,244 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.1% |
| [Selby 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027907) | 1,414 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Selby 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027908) | 1,608 | 277.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.2% |
| [Selby 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027909) | 2,226 | 347.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.6% |
| [Selby 005G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034979) | 1,392 | 85.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| [Selby 005H](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034980) | 1,123 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| [Selby 005I](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034981) | 1,500 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Selby 005J](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034982) | 1,231 | 184.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Selby 005K](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034983) | 1,560 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| [Selby 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027881) | 1,872 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| [Selby 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027906) | 1,575 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| [Selby 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027913) | 1,164 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [Selby 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034984) | 2,397 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Selby 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027879) | 1,235 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Selby 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027880) | 1,478 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Selby 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027882) | 1,759 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| [Selby 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027894) | 2,745 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Selby 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027895) | 1,425 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.0% |
| [Selby 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027883) | 1,045 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| [Selby 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027884) | 1,644 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.5% |
| [Selby 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027896) | 1,991 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.7% |
| [Selby 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027897) | 2,208 | 23.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.1% |
| [Selby 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027893) | 2,187 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |

## Your MP

- [Selby](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/selby): Keir Mather (Labour), MP since July 2024. 96% of the people here.
- [Goole and Pocklington](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/goole-and-pocklington): David Davis (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 4.0% 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 YO8

[Carlton, Hemingbrough & Osgodby](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/carlton-hemingbrough-and-osgodby), [Selby South, Brayton & Barlow](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/selby-south-brayton-and-barlow), [Selby Town](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/selby-town), [Selby West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/selby-west)

## Postcode sectors in YO8

[YO8 1 (20 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo8-1), [YO8 3 (171 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo8-3), [YO8 4 (189 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo8-4), [YO8 5 (200 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo8-5), [YO8 6 (149 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo8-6), [YO8 8 (279 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo8-8), [YO8 9 (328 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo8-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in YO8

[Selby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/selby)

## Postcode districts next to YO8

[DN14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dn14), [LS24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls24), [LS25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls25), [WF11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf11), [YO19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo19), [YO42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo42), [YO43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo43)

## Nearest rail stations

[Selby (3.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.0638,53.7828)

## 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)

## 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.
About 0% of people in YO8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In YO8, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: YO8
- Postcode area: [YO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo)
- Constituency: [Selby †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/selby)
- Council: [North Yorkshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)
- Area: 239 km²
- People, mid-2024: 49,843*
- Neighbourhoods: 29
- Output areas: 154

* 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

[DN14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dn14), [YO42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo42), [YO19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo19), [LS25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls25), [LS24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls24), [WF11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf11)

## Latest updates for YO8

- 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/YO8

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo8, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo8#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo8