# Ripon

Town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Ripon is a town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £285,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 59.9 per 1,000 people. About 17,248 people.

Town. Code E63000510. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)

Ripon is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Ripon 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: £285,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Ripon was £285,000 in 2025. Joint 460th 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/ripon#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 16,593** (2021). Ripon had 16,593 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 572nd 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/ripon#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Ripon 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/ripon#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 76.7%** (January 2026). In Ripon, 76.7% 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/ripon#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000510) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Ripon 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=E63000510) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 228 homes were sold in Ripon in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000510) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Ripon.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000510) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Ripon had 16,593 usual residents at the census.

## How Ripon compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Ripon | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £285,000 | 10th most expensive | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 16,593 | 44th most populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 76.7% | lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is Ripon safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ripon at a rate of 59.9 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, 99 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ripon.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (406), anti-social behaviour (248) and other crime (125).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Ripon was 62.2 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 Ripon, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Ripon has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Ripon

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Harrogate 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027712) | 1,888 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.3% |
| [Harrogate 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027713) | 1,611 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 55.4% |
| [Harrogate 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027714) | 1,591 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 64.0% |
| [Harrogate 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027715) | 1,165 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.9% |
| [Harrogate 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027705) | 1,771 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.7% |
| [Harrogate 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027706) | 1,784 | 189.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 52.5% |
| [Harrogate 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027707) | 1,721 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.8% |
| [Harrogate 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027708) | 1,388 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| [Harrogate 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027709) | 1,222 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| [Harrogate 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027710) | 1,131 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.1% |
| [Harrogate 004G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027711) | 1,319 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |

## Your MP

- [Skipton and Ripon](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/skipton-and-ripon): Sir Julian Smith (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

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

## Postcode districts covering Ripon

[HG4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg4)

## Middle areas in Ripon

[Ripon North & West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/ripon-north-and-west), [Ripon South & East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/ripon-south-and-east)

## Towns near Ripon

[Knaresborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/knaresborough), [Harrogate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/harrogate), [Northallerton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/northallerton), [Wetherby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wetherby), [Catterick Garrison](https://openindex.co.uk/town/catterick-garrison), [Otley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/otley)

## Ripon in brief

Ripon is a town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 17,248 people lived in Ripon in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £285,000 in 2025 across 228 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Ripon was £285,000 in 2025.
Ripon had 16,593 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Ripon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ripon, 76.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000510
- Constituency: [Skipton and Ripon †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/skipton-and-ripon)
- 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: 5.48 km²
- People, mid-2024: 17,248*
- Neighbourhoods: 11
- Output areas: 54

* 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

[Knaresborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/knaresborough), [Harrogate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/harrogate), [Northallerton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/northallerton), [Wetherby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wetherby), [Catterick Garrison](https://openindex.co.uk/town/catterick-garrison), [Otley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/otley)

## Latest updates for Ripon

- 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/E63000510

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/ripon, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/ripon#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 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/ripon