# Selby

Town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Selby is a town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £190,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 120.9 per 1,000 people. About 20,057 people.

Town. Code E63000814. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)

Selby is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Selby 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: £190,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Selby was £190,000 in 2025. Joint 180th 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/selby#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 19,480** (2021). Selby had 19,480 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 562nd most 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/selby#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Selby 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/selby#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.7%** (January 2026). In Selby, 98.7% 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/selby#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000814) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Selby 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=E63000814) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 297 homes were sold in Selby in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000814) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Selby.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000814) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Selby had 19,480 usual residents at the census.

## How Selby compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Selby | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £190,000 | joint 44th cheapest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 19,480 | 36th most 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 | 98.7% | 27th highest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is Selby safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Selby at a rate of 120.9 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, 234 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Selby.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (881), anti-social behaviour (573) and other crime (373).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Selby was 115.6 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 Selby, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Selby has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 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 Selby

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Selby 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027878) | 1,244 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.1% |
| [Selby 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027907) | 1,414 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Selby 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027908) | 1,608 | 277.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.2% |
| [Selby 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027909) | 2,226 | 347.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.6% |
| [Selby 005G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034979) | 1,392 | 85.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| [Selby 005H](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034980) | 1,123 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| [Selby 005I](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034981) | 1,500 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Selby 005J](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034982) | 1,231 | 184.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Selby 005K](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034983) | 1,560 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| [Selby 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027906) | 1,575 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| [Selby 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027913) | 1,164 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [Selby 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034984) | 2,397 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Selby 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027879) | 1,235 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Selby](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/selby): Keir Mather (Labour), 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 Selby

[YO8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo8)

## Middle areas in Selby

[Selby Town](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/selby-town), [Selby West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/selby-west)

## Towns near Selby

[Sherburn in Elmet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sherburn-in-elmet), [Knottingley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/knottingley), [Goole](https://openindex.co.uk/town/goole), [York](https://openindex.co.uk/town/york), [Castleford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/castleford), [Pontefract](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontefract)

## Selby in brief

Selby is a town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 20,057 people lived in Selby in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £190,000 in 2025 across 297 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 120.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Selby was £190,000 in 2025.
Selby had 19,480 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Selby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Selby, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000814
- Constituency: [Selby †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/selby)
- 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: 5.46 km²
- People, mid-2024: 20,057*
- Neighbourhoods: 13
- Output areas: 65

* 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

[Sherburn in Elmet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sherburn-in-elmet), [Knottingley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/knottingley), [Goole](https://openindex.co.uk/town/goole), [York](https://openindex.co.uk/town/york), [Castleford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/castleford), [Pontefract](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontefract)

## Latest updates for Selby

- 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/E63000814

## How to cite

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