Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull is covered by postcode districts HU3, HU5, HU6, HU7, HU8, HU9 and 6 more. It is mostly in the City of Kingston upon Hull council area: 5,753 of its 5,908 postcodes. The others are in East Riding of Yorkshire.
Every postcode in Kingston upon Hull, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 345
- At medium risk at worst: 222
- At low risk at worst: 1,657
- At very low risk only: 3,035
- Not on the at-risk list: 649
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 5,908 postcodes in Kingston upon Hull that ONS places, 345 have a home or business at high risk, 222 are at medium risk at worst, 1,657 are at low risk at worst, 3,035 are at very low risk only and 649 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.7613, longitude -0.3421. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
345 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 79 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HU1 1XD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 68 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HU5 5JA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 65 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HU6 9EB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 52 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HU9 4JU, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 40 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HU7 4SY, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 35 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HU4 7EY, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Kingston upon Hull?
Homes sold for a typical £142,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 5,544 of the 5,752 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 9,553 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5,259 of its 5,908 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hull, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Kingston upon Hull?
Homes in Kingston upon Hull sold for a typical £142,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,375 sales, up 1.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £246,995 219 sales
- Semi-detached £165,000 751 sales
- Terraced £126,000 1,288 sales
- Flat or maisonette £91,000 117 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole HU9 district, Kingston upon Hull's main postcode district: a typical £125,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Kingston upon Hull: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Kingston upon Hull?
148 of the 5,908 postcodes now in use in Kingston upon Hull came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 211 of the 3,011 homes sold in Kingston upon Hull were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HU9 district, 18%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Kingston upon Hull | Across the HU9 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 29 of 2,375 (1%) | 7 of 309 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 211 of 3,011 (7%) | 85 of 467 (18%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Kingston upon Hull?
Ofcom reports on 5,752 of the 5,908 postcodes in Kingston upon Hull. At 5,544 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kingston upon Hull at risk of flooding?
5,259 of the 5,908 postcodes in Kingston upon Hull have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 9,553 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Kingston upon Hull?
The open schools at the postcodes in Kingston upon Hull (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Stepney Primary School500 m 218 pupils, 220 places
- St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy850 m 222 pupils, 235 places
- Clifton Primary School850 m 364 pupils, 315 places
- Pearson Primary School1.1 km 202 pupils, 210 places
- Stoneferry Primary School1.1 km 188 pupils, 190 places
- Newland St John's Church of England Academy1.2 km 214 pupils, 270 places
- St Charles Voluntary Catholic Academy1.3 km 169 pupils, 210 places
- St Nicholas Primary School1.4 km 199 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Kingston upon Hull?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kingston upon Hull is Hull Rail Station, 1.9 km away in a straight line.
- Hull Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
- Cottingham Rail Station Railway station 4.8 kmCycle
- New Holland Rail Station Railway station 6.7 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Kingston upon Hull?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Kingston upon Hull, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Clifton House Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01482 341423 550 mWalk
- Modality Partnership (Hull) Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2024 · Phone 01482 344100 1.0 kmWalk
- East Park Practice Phone 01482 344190 1.7 kmCycle
- The Quays Medical Practice Phone 01482 344880 1.7 kmCycle
- Wilberforce Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01482 344265 1.7 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kingston upon Hull safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 6,775 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Kingston upon Hull over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 593 September 2025
- 576 October 2025
- 513 November 2025
- 515 December 2025
- 481 January 2026
- 508 February 2026
- 536 March 2026
- 555 April 2026
- 586 May 2026
- 563 June 2026
- 675 July 2026
- 674 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 271, bicycle theft 207, other crime 186, robbery 120, possession of weapons 84, theft from the person 46.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Kingston upon Hull?
- Councils
- City of Kingston upon Hull (5,753) and East Riding of Yorkshire (155)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Kingston upon Hull East (2,241), Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham (1,990), Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice (1,666) and 1 other
- Police force area
- Humberside
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Kingston upon Hull
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Kingston upon Hull is in City of Kingston upon Hull; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell City of Kingston upon Hull about council tax Council tax, on hull.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Kingston upon Hull
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Kingston upon Hull postcodes
5,908 postcodes in use in Kingston upon Hull, by district:
Those districts are all in the HU postcode area.
Check a Kingston upon Hull postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Kingston upon Hull
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Kingston upon Hull's £142,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Kingston upon Hull
- What is it like to live in Kingston upon Hull?
- Homes sold for a typical £142,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 5,544 of the 5,752 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 9,553 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5,259 of its 5,908 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hull, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Kingston upon Hull?
- Kingston upon Hull is covered by postcode districts HU3, HU5, HU6, HU7, HU8, HU9 and 6 more, across 5,908 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Kingston upon Hull?
- Homes in Kingston upon Hull sold for a typical £142,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,375 sales, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Kingston upon Hull?
- In Kingston upon Hull, primary schools at its postcodes include Stepney Primary School, St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy and Clifton Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Rise Academy, Hull Trinity House Academy and Ron Dearing UTC. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Kingston upon Hull have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kingston upon Hull is Hull, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Kingston upon Hull?
- Ofcom reports on 5,752 of the 5,908 postcodes in Kingston upon Hull. At 5,544 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Kingston upon Hull at risk of flooding?
- 5,259 of the 5,908 postcodes in Kingston upon Hull have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 9,553 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Kingston upon Hull?
- 148 of the 5,908 postcodes now in use in Kingston upon Hull came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 211 of the 3,011 homes sold in Kingston upon Hull were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HU9 district, 18%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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