YO7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Thirsk and Sowerby, 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 YO7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 40% of people in YO7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How YO7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is YO7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO7 at a rate of 48.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across the YO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 89 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (466), anti-social behaviour (250) and other crime (154).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO7 was 47.7 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 YO7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO7 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in YO7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hambleton 008A | 1,904 | 77.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.5% |
| Hambleton 008B | 1,791 | 143.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.1% |
| Hambleton 008C | 1,364 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.3% |
| Hambleton 008D | 1,740 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.2% |
| Hambleton 008E | 1,827 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 30.0% |
| Hambleton 009B | 1,483 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Hambleton 009C | 2,682 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 42.9% |
| Hambleton 009D | 1,964 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 49.4% |
| Hambleton 009E | 1,899 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.1% |
| Hambleton 009F | 1,501 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.3% |
| Harrogate 003D | 1,702 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 61.2% |
MPs for YO7
- Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMP for Thirsk and Malton83% of YO7’s postcodes
- Sir Julian SmithConservativeMP for Skipton and Ripon11% of YO7’s postcodes
- Sir Alec ShelbrookeConservativeMP for Wetherby and Easingwold5.4% of YO7’s postcodes
- Rishi SunakConservativeMP for Richmond and Northallerton1.0% of YO7’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 YO72
Postcode sectors in YO75
Council1
Postcode districts next to YO77
Nearest rail stations1
More in the YO postcode area2
YO7 in brief
YO7 is a postcode district covering Thirsk and Sowerby, in North Yorkshire.
About 22,665 people lived in YO7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 351 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in YO7 was £275,000 in 2025.
YO7 had 21,302 usual residents at the census.
About 40% of people in YO7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In YO7, 74.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.