# Driffield

Town in East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Driffield is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £210,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 67.0 per 1,000 people.

Town. Code E63000582. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [East Riding of Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire)

Driffield is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Driffield add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £210,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Driffield was £210,000 in 2025. Joint 275th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/driffield#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 13,216** (2021). Driffield had 13,216 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 416th least populated of 1,209. 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/town/driffield#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Driffield 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/town/driffield#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.9%** (January 2026). In Driffield, 98.9% 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/town/driffield#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000582) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Driffield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000582) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 359 homes were sold in Driffield in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000582) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Driffield.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000582) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Driffield had 13,216 usual residents at the census.

## How Driffield compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Driffield | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £210,000 | joint 55th most expensive | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 13,216 | 44th least populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.9% | joint 22nd highest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is Driffield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Driffield at a rate of 67.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 82 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Driffield.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (450), other crime (185) and anti-social behaviour (116).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Driffield was 53.6 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 Driffield, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Driffield has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Driffield

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [East Riding of Yorkshire 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01012978) | 1,676 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [East Riding of Yorkshire 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01012983) | 1,779 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [East Riding of Yorkshire 044A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01012975) | 1,567 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| [East Riding of Yorkshire 044E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034759) | 1,553 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% |
| [East Riding of Yorkshire 044F](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034760) | 1,435 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.2% |
| [East Riding of Yorkshire 045A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01012976) | 1,308 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [East Riding of Yorkshire 045B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01012979) | 1,734 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [East Riding of Yorkshire 045C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01012980) | 1,651 | 121.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| [East Riding of Yorkshire 045D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01012982) | 1,515 | 161.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% |

## Your MP

- [Bridlington and The Wolds](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bridlington-and-the-wolds): Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

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

## Council

[East Riding of Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire)

## Postcode districts covering Driffield

[YO25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo25)

## Middle areas in Driffield

[Driffield Central](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/driffield-central), [Driffield East & Nafferton](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/driffield-east-and-nafferton)

## Towns near Driffield

[Bridlington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bridlington), [Beverley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/beverley), [Hornsea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hornsea), [Kingston upon Hull](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-hull), [Cottingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cottingham), [Pocklington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pocklington)

## Driffield in brief

Driffield is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 14,079 people lived in Driffield in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £210,000 in 2025 across 359 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Driffield was £210,000 in 2025.
Driffield had 13,216 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Driffield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Driffield, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000582
- Constituency: [Bridlington and The Wolds †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bridlington-and-the-wolds)
- Council: [East Riding of Yorkshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire)
- Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 3.71 km²
- People, mid-2024: 14,079*
- Neighbourhoods: 9
- Output areas: 44

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Bridlington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bridlington), [Beverley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/beverley), [Hornsea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hornsea), [Kingston upon Hull](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-hull), [Cottingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cottingham), [Pocklington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pocklington)

## Latest updates for Driffield

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000582

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/driffield, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/driffield#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 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/driffield