YO42
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Pocklington, 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 YO42 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 1% of people in YO42 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How YO42 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is YO42 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO42 at a rate of 33.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across the YO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 71 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO42.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (314), other crime (136) and criminal damage and arson (55).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO42 was 34.8 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 YO42, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO42 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in YO42
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Riding of Yorkshire 011B | 1,760 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 011C | 1,939 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 011D | 1,737 | 27.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 011E | 1,585 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 011F | 1,442 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.9% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 011G | 1,467 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 46.7% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 011H | 1,225 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 011I | 1,637 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.8% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 018D | 1,459 | 11.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 64.8% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire 018E | 1,591 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.1% |
MPs for YO42
- David DavisConservativeMP for Goole and Pocklington84% of YO42’s postcodes
- Charlie DewhirstConservativeMP for Bridlington and The Wolds16% of YO42’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 YO422
Postcode sectors in YO424
Council1
Towns in YO421
Postcode districts next to YO426
More in the YO postcode area2
YO42 in brief
YO42 is a postcode district covering Pocklington, in East Riding of Yorkshire.
About 18,114 people lived in YO42 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 385 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 33.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in YO42 was £300,000 in 2025.
YO42 had 16,458 usual residents at the census.
About 1% of people in YO42 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In YO42, 88.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.