YO62
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kirkbymoorside and Helmsley, 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 YO62 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 83% of people in YO62 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How YO62 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is YO62 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO62 at a rate of 40.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across the YO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 32 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO62.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (202), anti-social behaviour (111) and other crime (85).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO62 was 40.9 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 YO62, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO62 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in YO62
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryedale 001B | 1,307 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 14.7% |
| Ryedale 001C | 1,841 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Ryedale 001D | 1,666 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% |
| Ryedale 003A | 1,981 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.4% |
| Ryedale 003B | 2,144 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 71.8% |
| Ryedale 003C | 1,242 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| Ryedale 003D | 1,729 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 66.7% |
| Ryedale 007C | 1,700 | 16.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.5% |
Your MP
- Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMP for Thirsk and Malton
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 YO622
Postcode sectors in YO624
Council1
Postcode districts next to YO628
More in the YO postcode area2
YO62 in brief
YO62 is a postcode district covering Kirkbymoorside and Helmsley, in North Yorkshire.
About 12,465 people lived in YO62 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 197 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in YO62 was £320,000 in 2025.
YO62 had 12,114 usual residents at the census.
About 83% of people in YO62 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In YO62, 76.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.