Rural West York
WardWest York. About 8,554 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 51 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Rural West York live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Rural West York compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Rural West York safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rural West York at a rate of 40.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.2 per 1,000 people across York.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rural West York.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (105), anti-social behaviour (89) and other crime (66).
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.
Figures for the whole of York
These figures are published for the whole of York, not for each ward, so they describe all of York and not Rural West York alone. See York
Rural West York in brief
Rural West York had 8,121 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Rural West York live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rural West York, 77.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Rural West York, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.