HG5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Knaresborough, Tentergate and New Scriven, 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 HG5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 33% of people in HG5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How HG5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HG5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HG5 at a rate of 59.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.2 per 1,000 people across the HG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 75 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HG5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (437), anti-social behaviour (276) and other crime (167).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HG5 was 59.8 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 HG5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HG5 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HG5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrogate 007B | 1,645 | 24.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.6% |
| Harrogate 007C | 1,301 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| Harrogate 007D | 2,983 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| Harrogate 009A | 1,555 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Harrogate 009B | 1,926 | 106.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Harrogate 009C | 1,727 | 138.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.2% |
| Harrogate 009D | 1,788 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Harrogate 012A | 1,543 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Harrogate 012B | 1,511 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Harrogate 012C | 1,615 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.0% |
MPs for HG5
- Tom GordonLiberal DemocratMP for Harrogate and Knaresborough98% of HG5’s postcodes
- Sir Alec ShelbrookeConservativeMP for Wetherby and Easingwold2.4% of HG5’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 HG53
Postcode sectors in HG54
Council1
Towns in HG51
Postcode districts next to HG56
Nearest rail stations2
More in the HG postcode area2
HG5 in brief
HG5 is a postcode district covering Knaresborough, Tentergate and New Scriven, in North Yorkshire.
About 19,532 people lived in HG5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £355,000 in 2025 across 366 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HG5 was £355,000 in 2025.
HG5 had 18,595 usual residents at the census.
About 33% of people in HG5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HG5, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.