YO16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bridlington, Old Town and Sewerby, in East Riding of 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 YO16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 31% of people in YO16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How YO16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is YO16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO16 at a rate of 94.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across the YO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 216 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,050), other crime (473) and shoplifting (262).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO16 was 97.7 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 YO16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO16 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in YO16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Riding of Yorkshire 001B | 1,730 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.6% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 001D | 1,857 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 001E | 1,573 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 001F | 1,353 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 001G | 1,472 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.2% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 001H | 1,162 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 002A | 1,847 | 137.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 002B | 1,354 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 002C | 1,322 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 002E | 1,197 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.6% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 003A | 1,695 | 120.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 003B | 1,549 | 133.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 003C | 1,650 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 003D | 1,568 | 137.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 003E | 1,328 | 146.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 004B | 1,695 | 246.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
Your MP
- Charlie DewhirstConservativeMP for Bridlington and The Wolds
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 YO163
Postcode sectors in YO163
Council1
Towns in YO161
Postcode districts next to YO163
Nearest rail stations2
More in the YO postcode area2
YO16 in brief
YO16 is a postcode district covering Bridlington, Old Town and Sewerby, in East Riding of Yorkshire.
About 26,197 people lived in YO16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £177,000 in 2025 across 446 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in YO16 was £177,000 in 2025.
YO16 had 25,714 usual residents at the census.
About 31% of people in YO16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In YO16, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.