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York

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Town in York, Yorkshire and The Humber.

York is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for York 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.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in York live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£290,000
Joint 442nd most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
141,696
77th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How York compares

Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.

YorkMiddle
Median sale price114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025
Median sale price: every town in Yorkshire and The Humber114 areas from £125,000 to £410,000. The middle area is £207,498. York is £290,000.
£290,0008th most expensive
Population114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021
Population: every town in Yorkshire and The Humber114 areas from 7,545 to 536,262. The middle area is 14,857. York is 141,696.
141,6965th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in Yorkshire and The Humber114 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. York is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in Yorkshire and The Humber114 areas from 76.7% to 99.9%. The middle area is 96.2%. York is 93.9%.
93.9%31st lowest

Is York safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in York at a rate of 113.0 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, 1,750 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in York.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (5,260), anti-social behaviour (4,329) and other crime (2,453).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in York was 113.8 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 York, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so York has no single figure. Of its 83 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 7 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 9 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 12 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 15 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 18 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in York

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
York 006A1,73249.0 per 1,000899.0%
York 006B1,95786.1 per 1,000997.9%
York 006D2,161213.6 per 1,000992.1%
York 006E1,44341.4 per 1,00010100.0%
York 007A1,37771.9 per 1,000994.9%
York 007B1,649123.3 per 1,000784.5%
York 007C1,98425.8 per 1,0001099.0%
York 007D1,37340.6 per 1,00010100.0%
York 007E1,49339.3 per 1,0001097.8%
York 008A1,40327.2 per 1,0001098.2%
York 008B1,67276.6 per 1,000894.5%
York 008C1,39161.0 per 1,000399.9%
York 008D1,54717.2 per 1,0001099.7%
York 008E1,00917.2 per 1,0001094.2%
York 008F1,16529.4 per 1,0001099.3%
York 009A1,775113.4 per 1,000899.1%
York 009B1,680141.1 per 1,000897.3%
York 009C1,61363.7 per 1,000299.7%
York 009D1,394111.1 per 1,000299.5%
York 009E1,618160.1 per 1,0003100.0%
York 010A1,759100.4 per 1,000990.2%
York 010B2,13841.7 per 1,000899.4%
York 010C1,62395.6 per 1,000597.6%
York 010D2,821124.7 per 1,000788.4%
York 010E1,76866.7 per 1,0003100.0%
York 012A1,62652.0 per 1,0002100.0%
York 012B1,51940.5 per 1,000799.7%
York 012C1,65343.4 per 1,000999.2%
York 012D2,32134.6 per 1,0009100.0%
York 012E1,54113.2 per 1,00010100.0%
York 012F1,63352.9 per 1,000999.9%
York 013A1,752956.8 per 1,000376.8%
York 013C1,703162.6 per 1,000564.9%
York 013E1,481249.3 per 1,000398.1%
York 013F1,602319.3 per 1,000282.5%
York 013G1,106861.5 per 1,000585.8%
York 013H1,035136.6 per 1,000682.9%
York 013I2,668678.8 per 1,000766.6%
York 014A1,64270.6 per 1,000993.5%
York 014B1,72453.2 per 1,0001097.8%
York 014C2,71878.0 per 1,000873.7%
York 015A1,64660.0 per 1,000599.6%
York 015B1,57755.2 per 1,000795.8%
York 015C1,752129.4 per 1,000299.9%
York 015D1,70972.9 per 1,000898.9%
York 015E1,60590.2 per 1,000799.0%
York 015F1,89363.1 per 1,000892.5%
York 016A1,48633.2 per 1,0007100.0%
York 016B1,427145.8 per 1,000399.9%
York 016C1,41585.1 per 1,000999.9%
York 016D1,540109.0 per 1,000899.3%
York 016E1,494228.5 per 1,000799.6%
York 016F1,570147.4 per 1,000399.7%
York 017A1,46689.7 per 1,000599.3%
York 017B1,95850.9 per 1,000884.2%
York 017C1,48841.6 per 1,0001099.9%
York 017D1,60022.5 per 1,000999.9%
York 017E1,79170.1 per 1,000990.2%
York 018A1,48570.1 per 1,0006100.0%
York 018B1,639208.1 per 1,0002100.0%
York 018C1,51999.7 per 1,0002100.0%
York 018D1,670129.4 per 1,0004100.0%
York 018E1,531105.3 per 1,000399.7%
York 018F1,43586.5 per 1,000298.6%
York 019A1,79531.6 per 1,0001082.4%
York 019B1,69139.4 per 1,000995.9%
York 019C1,927163.7 per 1,0001093.8%
York 019D3,000104.0 per 1,000785.8%
York 019E1,87093.8 per 1,000698.8%
York 019F1,493133.5 per 1,000698.9%
York 021A2,34121.5 per 1,0001098.8%
York 021B1,51665.2 per 1,0001097.1%
York 021C2,15464.6 per 1,000995.2%
York 021D1,74857.1 per 1,0001096.1%
York 022A1,57452.4 per 1,000597.9%
York 022B1,31516.3 per 1,00010100.0%
York 022C1,80183.4 per 1,0001095.2%
York 022D1,35687.8 per 1,0009100.0%
York 022E1,58942.4 per 1,0005100.0%
York 022F1,63456.5 per 1,000699.9%
York 023B6,21943.5 per 1,000932.0%
York 023D1,69844.3 per 1,000897.5%
York 023E1,386146.4 per 1,000895.5%

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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 York8

Middle areas in York16

Towns near York6

York in brief

York is a town in York, Yorkshire and The Humber.

About 147,570 people lived in York in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £290,000 in 2025 across 1,999 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 113.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in York was £290,000 in 2025.

York had 141,696 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in York live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In York, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.