Hedon
TownTown in East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Hedon is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Hedon 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.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Hedon, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Hedon compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hedon safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hedon at a rate of 56.4 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, 55 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hedon.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (179), other crime (96) and shoplifting (74).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Hedon was 49.2 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 Hedon, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Hedon has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Hedon
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Riding of Yorkshire 029B | 1,484 | 98.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 029C | 1,812 | 118.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 029D | 1,253 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 033B | 2,208 | 13.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
Your MP
- Graham StuartConservativeMP for Beverley and Holderness
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Hedon1
Middle areas in Hedon1
Towns near Hedon6
Hedon in brief
Hedon is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 8,056 people lived in Hedon in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £174,000 in 2025 across 151 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Hedon was £174,000 in 2025.
Hedon had 8,117 usual residents at the census.
In Hedon, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hedon, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.