YO31
Postcode districtPostcode district covering York, Heworth and The Groves, in York.
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 YO31 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in YO31 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How YO31 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is YO31 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO31 at a rate of 78.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across the YO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 221 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO31.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (885), anti-social behaviour (618) and other crime (362).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO31 was 92.2 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 YO31, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO31 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in YO31
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York 005A | 1,363 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| York 005B | 2,022 | 78.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.3% |
| York 005D | 1,437 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| York 008A | 1,403 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| York 008B | 1,672 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.5% |
| York 008C | 1,391 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| York 008D | 1,547 | 17.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| York 008E | 1,009 | 17.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.2% |
| York 008F | 1,165 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| York 009A | 1,775 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| York 010A | 1,759 | 100.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.2% |
| York 010B | 2,138 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| York 010C | 1,623 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.6% |
| York 010D | 2,821 | 124.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.4% |
| York 010E | 1,768 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| York 013A | 1,752 | 956.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.8% |
| York 013C | 1,703 | 162.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 64.9% |
| York 014A | 1,642 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.5% |
| York 015A | 1,646 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
MPs for YO31
- Rachael MaskellLabour (Co-op)MP for York Central70% of YO31’s postcodes
- Mr Luke ChartersLabourMP for York Outer30% of YO31’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 YO313
Postcode sectors in YO316
Council1
Towns in YO312
Postcode districts next to YO315
Nearest rail stations1
More in the YO postcode area2
YO31 in brief
YO31 is a postcode district covering York, Heworth and The Groves, in York.
About 31,003 people lived in YO31 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £290,000 in 2025 across 420 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 78.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in YO31 was £290,000 in 2025.
YO31 had 29,846 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in YO31 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In YO31, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.