YO26
Postcode districtPostcode district covering York, Ouse Acres and Holgate, in York and 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 YO26 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in YO26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How YO26 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is YO26 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO26 at a rate of 48.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across the YO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 167 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (585), anti-social behaviour (403) and other crime (240).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO26 was 55.8 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 YO26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO26 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 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 YO26
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrogate 016A | 1,788 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Harrogate 016B | 1,431 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 39.6% |
| Harrogate 016C | 1,717 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.5% |
| Harrogate 016D | 2,421 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.9% |
| York 011B | 1,721 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| York 011C | 1,724 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.7% |
| York 011D | 1,419 | 16.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| York 012A | 1,626 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| York 012B | 1,519 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| York 012C | 1,653 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| York 012D | 2,321 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| York 012E | 1,541 | 13.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| York 012F | 1,633 | 52.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| York 016A | 1,486 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| York 016B | 1,427 | 145.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| York 017A | 1,466 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| York 017B | 1,958 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.2% |
| York 018A | 1,485 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| York 018C | 1,519 | 99.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
MPs for YO26
- Rachael MaskellLabour (Co-op)MP for York Central47% of YO26’s postcodes
- Sir Alec ShelbrookeConservativeMP for Wetherby and Easingwold31% of YO26’s postcodes
- Mr Luke ChartersLabourMP for York Outer22% of YO26’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 YO263
Postcode sectors in YO267
Councils YO26 covers2
Towns in YO261
Postcode districts next to YO2610
Nearest rail stations2
More in the YO postcode area2
YO26 in brief
YO26 is a postcode district covering York, Ouse Acres and Holgate, in York and North Yorkshire.
About 32,175 people lived in YO26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 510 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in YO26 was £320,000 in 2025.
YO26 had 31,287 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in YO26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In YO26, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.