BD23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Skipton, in North Yorkshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BD23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in BD23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BD23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BD23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BD23 at a rate of 53.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 124.6 per 1,000 people across the BD postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 163 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BD23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (632), anti-social behaviour (404) and other crime (233).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BD23 was 59.1 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 BD23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BD23 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BD23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craven 003A | 2,252 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.9% |
| Craven 005A | 1,719 | 23.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Craven 005B | 1,850 | 17.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.7% |
| Craven 005C | 1,934 | 136.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.3% |
| Craven 005D | 1,173 | 74.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Craven 006A | 1,446 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |
| Craven 006B | 1,101 | 107.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Craven 006D | 1,632 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| Craven 006E | 1,444 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.0% |
| Craven 006F | 1,288 | 218.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.1% |
| Craven 007C | 1,455 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 44.0% |
| Craven 007D | 1,956 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 68.0% |
| Craven 009A | 1,804 | 23.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 50.5% |
| Craven 009B | 1,528 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 33.8% |
| Craven 009C | 1,538 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 53.3% |
| Craven 009D | 1,573 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 68.5% |
| Craven 009E | 1,915 | 19.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.7% |
| Craven 009F | 1,801 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.5% |
MPs for BD23
- Sir Julian SmithConservativeMP for Skipton and Ripon99% of BD23’s postcodes
- Maya EllisLabourMP for Ribble Valley1.0% of BD23’s postcodes
- Jonathan HinderLabourMP for Pendle and Clitheroe0.2% of BD23’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BD234
Postcode sectors in BD238
Council1
Towns in BD231
Postcode districts next to BD238
More in the BD postcode area2
BD23 in brief
BD23 is a postcode district covering Skipton, in North Yorkshire.
About 30,632 people lived in BD23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £273,000 in 2025 across 577 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BD23 was £273,000 in 2025.
BD23 had 29,941 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in BD23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BD23, 79.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.