Norton-on-Derwent
TownTown in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Norton-on-Derwent is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Norton-on-Derwent 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Norton-on-Derwent live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Norton-on-Derwent compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Norton-on-Derwent safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Norton-on-Derwent at a rate of 42.4 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, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Norton-on-Derwent.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (157), anti-social behaviour (70) and other crime (44).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Norton-on-Derwent was 52.9 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 Norton-on-Derwent, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Norton-on-Derwent has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Norton-on-Derwent
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryedale 009C | 1,611 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.7% |
| Ryedale 009E | 1,449 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.4% |
| Ryedale 010B | 1,583 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.3% |
| Ryedale 010C | 1,637 | 22.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.8% |
| Ryedale 010D | 1,904 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.1% |
Your MP
- Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMP for Thirsk and Malton
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 Norton-on-Derwent1
Middle areas in Norton-on-Derwent1
Towns near Norton-on-Derwent6
Norton-on-Derwent in brief
Norton-on-Derwent is a town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 8,153 people lived in Norton-on-Derwent in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £212,500 in 2025 across 122 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 42.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Norton-on-Derwent was £212,500 in 2025.
Norton-on-Derwent had 7,909 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Norton-on-Derwent live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Norton-on-Derwent, 94.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.