HG3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Harrogate, 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 HG3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 85% of people in HG3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How HG3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HG3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HG3 at a rate of 35.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.2 per 1,000 people across the HG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 108 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HG3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (497), anti-social behaviour (188) and other crime (188).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HG3 was 40.2 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 HG3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HG3 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HG3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrogate 003A | 1,512 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 58.3% |
| Harrogate 006A | 1,643 | 18.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 52.9% |
| Harrogate 006B | 1,769 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 15.5% |
| Harrogate 006C | 1,550 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 55.8% |
| Harrogate 006D | 1,051 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 11.3% |
| Harrogate 007A | 1,463 | 19.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 43.2% |
| Harrogate 008C | 1,314 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.5% |
| Harrogate 008D | 1,484 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.4% |
| Harrogate 008E | 1,307 | 19.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 42.5% |
| Harrogate 008F | 2,689 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.2% |
| Harrogate 011C | 1,874 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Harrogate 011D | 1,441 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Harrogate 011E | 1,464 | 101.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Harrogate 012D | 1,222 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 48.8% |
| Harrogate 018A | 1,649 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 63.4% |
| Harrogate 018B | 1,178 | 21.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 25.9% |
| Harrogate 018C | 1,708 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 57.9% |
| Harrogate 021A | 1,319 | 15.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.5% |
| Harrogate 021B | 1,568 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Harrogate 021D | 1,542 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 67.8% |
MPs for HG3
- Sir Julian SmithConservativeMP for Skipton and Ripon54% of HG3’s postcodes
- Tom GordonLiberal DemocratMP for Harrogate and Knaresborough34% of HG3’s postcodes
- Sir Alec ShelbrookeConservativeMP for Wetherby and Easingwold11% of HG3’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 HG35
Postcode sectors in HG35
Council1
Towns in HG31
Postcode districts next to HG310
More in the HG postcode area2
HG3 in brief
HG3 is a postcode district covering Harrogate, in North Yorkshire.
About 31,707 people lived in HG3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £375,000 in 2025 across 427 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 35.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HG3 was £375,000 in 2025.
HG3 had 29,778 usual residents at the census.
About 85% of people in HG3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HG3, 66.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.