# Knaresborough Town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. Knaresborough is a town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £350,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 63.6 per 1,000 people. Town. Code E63000586. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) Knaresborough is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Knaresborough 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: £350,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Knaresborough was £350,000 in 2025. Joint 267th most expensive 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/knaresborough#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 15,781** (2021). Knaresborough had 15,781 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 544th 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/knaresborough#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 34%** (2022). About 34% of people in Knaresborough 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/knaresborough#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.0%** (January 2026). In Knaresborough, 98.0% 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/knaresborough#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000586) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 34% of people in Knaresborough 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=E63000586) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 312 homes were sold in Knaresborough in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000586) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Knaresborough. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000586) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Knaresborough had 15,781 usual residents at the census. ## How Knaresborough compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Knaresborough | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £350,000 | 3rd most expensive | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 | | Population | 15,781 | 48th most populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 34% | 30th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.0% | joint 34th highest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 | ## Is Knaresborough safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Knaresborough at a rate of 63.6 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, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Knaresborough. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (402), anti-social behaviour (263) and other crime (143). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Knaresborough was 63.1 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 Knaresborough, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Knaresborough has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Knaresborough | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Harrogate 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027674) | 1,301 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% | | [Harrogate 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027675) | 2,983 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% | | [Harrogate 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027668) | 1,555 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% | | [Harrogate 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027669) | 1,926 | 106.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% | | [Harrogate 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027673) | 1,727 | 138.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.2% | | [Harrogate 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027676) | 1,788 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% | | [Harrogate 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027670) | 1,543 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% | | [Harrogate 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027671) | 1,511 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% | | [Harrogate 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027672) | 1,615 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.0% | ## Your MP - [Harrogate and Knaresborough](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/harrogate-and-knaresborough): Tom Gordon (Liberal Democrat), 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 [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) ## Postcode districts covering Knaresborough [HG5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg5) ## Middle areas in Knaresborough [Knaresborough Central](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/knaresborough-central), [Knaresborough South & Follifoot](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/knaresborough-south-and-follifoot) ## Towns near Knaresborough [Harrogate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/harrogate), [Wetherby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wetherby), [Ripon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ripon), [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leeds), [Otley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/otley), [Yeadon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yeadon) ## Knaresborough in brief Knaresborough is a town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. About 16,649 people lived in Knaresborough in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 312 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 63.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Knaresborough was £350,000 in 2025. Knaresborough had 15,781 usual residents at the census. About 34% of people in Knaresborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Knaresborough, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000586 - Constituency: [Harrogate and Knaresborough †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/harrogate-and-knaresborough) - Council: [North Yorkshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) - Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 5.57 km² - People, mid-2024: 16,649* - Neighbourhoods: 9 - Output areas: 51 * 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 [Harrogate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/harrogate), [Wetherby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wetherby), [Ripon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ripon), [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leeds), [Otley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/otley), [Yeadon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yeadon) ## Latest updates for Knaresborough - 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/E63000586 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/knaresborough, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/knaresborough#f-house-sales-median-price. 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