# Sherburn in Elmet Town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. Sherburn in Elmet is a town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £265,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 55.7 per 1,000 people. Town. Code E63000804. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) Sherburn in Elmet is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Sherburn in Elmet 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: £265,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sherburn in Elmet was £265,000 in 2025. Joint 538th 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/sherburn-in-elmet#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 8,569** (2021). Sherburn in Elmet had 8,569 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 112th 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/sherburn-in-elmet#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 87%** (2022). About 87% of people in Sherburn in Elmet 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/sherburn-in-elmet#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.2%** (January 2026). In Sherburn in Elmet, 93.2% 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/sherburn-in-elmet#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000804) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 87% of people in Sherburn in Elmet 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=E63000804) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 186 homes were sold in Sherburn in Elmet in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000804) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Sherburn in Elmet. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000804) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Sherburn in Elmet had 8,569 usual residents at the census. ## How Sherburn in Elmet compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Sherburn in Elmet | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £265,000 | 18th most expensive | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 | | Population | 8,569 | 10th least populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 87% | 43rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.2% | 30th lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 | ## Is Sherburn in Elmet safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sherburn in Elmet at a rate of 55.7 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, 50 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sherburn in Elmet. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (204), anti-social behaviour (117) and other crime (76). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Sherburn in Elmet was 60.8 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 Sherburn in Elmet, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Sherburn in Elmet has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - 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 Sherburn in Elmet | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Selby 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027914) | 1,546 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% | | [Selby 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027915) | 2,055 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% | | [Selby 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027916) | 1,621 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% | | [Selby 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034975) | 1,555 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 71.4% | | [Selby 004G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034976) | 1,792 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% | ## 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 Sherburn in Elmet [LS25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls25) ## Middle areas in Sherburn in Elmet [Sherburn in Elmet & South Milford](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/sherburn-in-elmet-and-south-milford) ## Towns near Sherburn in Elmet [Castleford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/castleford), [Selby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/selby), [Garforth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/garforth), [Kippax](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kippax), [Knottingley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/knottingley), [Pontefract](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontefract) ## Sherburn in Elmet in brief Sherburn in Elmet is a town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. About 9,248 people lived in Sherburn in Elmet in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £265,000 in 2025 across 186 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 55.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Sherburn in Elmet was £265,000 in 2025. Sherburn in Elmet had 8,569 usual residents at the census. About 87% of people in Sherburn in Elmet live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Sherburn in Elmet, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000804 - 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: 3.86 km² - People, mid-2024: 9,248* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 27 * 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 [Castleford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/castleford), [Selby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/selby), [Garforth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/garforth), [Kippax](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kippax), [Knottingley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/knottingley), [Pontefract](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontefract) ## Latest updates for Sherburn in Elmet - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000804 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/sherburn-in-elmet, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/sherburn-in-elmet#f-house-sales-median-price. 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