YO61
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Easingwold, 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 YO61 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 26% of people in YO61 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How YO61 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is YO61 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO61 at a rate of 35.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across the YO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 59 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO61.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (254), anti-social behaviour (93) and other crime (89).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO61 was 41.6 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 YO61, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO61 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in YO61
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hambleton 010A | 1,870 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.2% |
| Hambleton 010B | 1,787 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.6% |
| Hambleton 010C | 1,649 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% |
| Hambleton 010D | 2,047 | 15.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.1% |
| Hambleton 010E | 1,952 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 34.6% |
| Hambleton 011A | 1,888 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.8% |
| Hambleton 011C | 2,094 | 12.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 61.0% |
MPs for YO61
- Sir Alec ShelbrookeConservativeMP for Wetherby and Easingwold98% of YO61’s postcodes
- Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMP for Thirsk and Malton1.9% of YO61’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 YO612
Postcode sectors in YO614
Council1
Postcode districts next to YO617
More in the YO postcode area2
YO61 in brief
YO61 is a postcode district covering Easingwold, in North Yorkshire.
About 15,427 people lived in YO61 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £427,500 in 2025 across 264 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 35.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in YO61 was £427,500 in 2025.
YO61 had 14,620 usual residents at the census.
About 26% of people in YO61 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In YO61, 75.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.