York
York is covered by postcode districts YO1, YO10, YO24, YO26, YO30, YO31 and 5 more. It is in the York council area, England.
Every postcode in York, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 117
- In use before 2020: 3,472
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 3,589 postcodes in York that ONS places, 117 are new since 2020 and 3,472 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 53.9590, longitude -1.0901. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 26 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. YO1 0RP, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. YO31 8AQ, is the newest of them.
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. YO24 3FX, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. YO19 4AN, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. YO30 7EQ, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. YO31 0RN, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in York?
Homes sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 2,829 of the 3,411 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 4,108 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 583 of its 3,589 postcodes. It has at least 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is York, 250 metres 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 York?
Homes in York sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,487 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £415,000 187 sales
- Semi-detached £313,000 461 sales
- Terraced £277,500 562 sales
- Flat or maisonette £195,000 277 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole YO31 district, York's main postcode district: a typical £290,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in York: 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 York?
117 of the 3,589 postcodes now in use in York came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 109 of the 2,048 homes sold in York were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO31 district, 10%.
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 York | Across the YO31 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 5 of 1,487 (Under 1%) | 0 of 302 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 109 of 2,048 (5%) | 44 of 440 (10%) |
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 York?
Ofcom reports on 3,411 of the 3,589 postcodes in York. At 2,829 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 York at risk of flooding?
583 of the 3,589 postcodes in York 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 4,108 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 York?
The open schools at the postcodes in York (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
- Bootham School650 m 587 pupils, 750 places
- Scarcroft Primary School700 m 347 pupils, 420 places
- St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School750 m 168 pupils, 195 places
- St Peter's School 2-18800 m 1,277 pupils, 1,335 places
- The Mount School (York)900 m 223 pupils, 461 places
- Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School1.1 km 76 pupils, 200 places
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy1.1 km 261 pupils, 280 places
- Fishergate Primary School1.3 km 291 pupils, 340 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 York?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in York is York Rail Station, 250 m away in a straight line.
- York Rail Station Railway station 250 mWalk
- Poppleton Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle
- Hammerton Rail Station Railway station 13.3 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 York?
The GP practices at the postcodes in York, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Jorvik Gillygate Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2026 · Phone 01904 405487 800 mWalk
- Dalton Terrace Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report January 2024 · Phone 01904 658542 850 mWalk
- York Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01904 439100 1.9 kmCycle
- Staycity York (Nimbuscare) Phone 01904 943690 2.4 kmCycle
- York Gp Extended Access (Nimbuscare) Phone 01904 943690 2.4 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is York safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 8,299 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in York 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
- 679 September 2025
- 802 October 2025
- 664 November 2025
- 618 December 2025
- 549 January 2026
- 603 February 2026
- 635 March 2026
- 610 April 2026
- 710 May 2026
- 710 June 2026
- 762 July 2026
- 957 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 201, drugs 165, robbery 110, possession of weapons 67, theft from the person 58, other crime 50.
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 York?
- Council
- York
- Parliamentary constituencies
- York Central (2,776) and York Outer (813)
- Police force area
- North Yorkshire
- 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 York
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell York about council tax Council tax, on york.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in York
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
York postcodes
3,589 postcodes in use in York, by district:
Those districts are all in the YO postcode area.
Check a York 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 York
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside York's £290,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about York
- What is it like to live in York?
- Homes sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 2,829 of the 3,411 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 4,108 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 583 of its 3,589 postcodes. It has at least 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is York, 250 metres 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 York?
- York is covered by postcode districts YO1, YO10, YO24, YO26, YO30, YO31 and 5 more, across 3,589 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is York in?
- York is in the York council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in York?
- Homes in York sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,487 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in York?
- In York, primary schools at its postcodes include Bootham School, Scarcroft Primary School and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Bootham School, St Peter's School 2-18 and The Mount School (York). Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does York have a railway station?
- Yes: York is 250 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in York, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in York?
- Ofcom reports on 3,411 of the 3,589 postcodes in York. At 2,829 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is York at risk of flooding?
- 583 of the 3,589 postcodes in York 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 4,108 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 York?
- 117 of the 3,589 postcodes now in use in York came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 109 of the 2,048 homes sold in York were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO31 district, 10%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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