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Kingston upon Hull, City of

Kingston upon Hull, City of is a city in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 260,000. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 1 pharmacy, 2 supermarkets, and around 26 restaurants and cafés, along with 45 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Hull Paragon Interchange, located 2 km away. There were around 573 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 0 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Kingston upon Hull, City of is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 267,014 residents at roughly 3,730 people per km².

42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 214th of 294 English council areas — better than 27% of them.

Low crime4
Home affordability100
Affordable rents93
Good schools71
Life expectancy7
Low deprivation3
Employment14
Low council tax82

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

16°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 15° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 26° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

670 reported · July 2026 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences235
  • Shoplifting75
  • Public order66
  • Anti-social behaviour65

21 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hull Central · Humberside

Local policing priorities

  • Reports of ongoing drug taking and dealing in public spaces.
  • Complaints received from local businesses and members of the public regarding ASB through begging and street drinking in Hull City Centre…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

625 reported road collisions (2024)

136 killed or seriously injured · 748 casualties · 23.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 334 rated 4–5 ★ (276 top)
  • 39 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

2 active warnings & alerts

  • Flood alert: North Sea coast at Skipsea, Hornsea and Mappleton
  • Flood alert: North Sea coast at Withernsea, Easington and Kilnsea

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hull Paragon Interchange (2.0 km)
  • 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hull (1.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£134,304 average 6.4% YoY

Across Kingston upon Hull, City of · to 2026-06

Detached£243,331
Semi-detached£158,583
Terraced£123,711
Flat£78,343

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£691 average monthly rent 7.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £498
  • 2 bed £619
  • 3 bed £741

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

4.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.1 times median annual pay (4.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (4.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (11.6 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

34 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Starbucks Clough Road (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

267,014 residents in Kingston upon Hull, City of · 3,730/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 65%
  • 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 9 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

45% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,295 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (66% of 125,180)

A £1,530
B £1,785
C £2,040
D £2,295
E £2,805
F £3,315
G £3,825
H £4,590

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

106 schools · 42,722 pupils

69 primary · 13 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 36 of 39 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

94inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Ron Dearing UTCOutstanding
  • St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic AcademyOutstanding
  • Kelvin Hall SchoolGood
  • Malet LambertGood
  • Newland School for GirlsGood
  • Sirius Academy WestGood
  • Winifred Holtby AcademyGood
  • Liberty AcademyRequires improvement
  • Hull Trinity House Academy
  • Lift Kingswood
  • Sirius Academy North
  • The Boulevard Academy
  • The Marvell College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Kingston upon Hull, City of

Care & health services

228 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes78
  • GP practices32
  • Dentists35
  • Homecare agencies56
  • Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kingston upon Hull, City of

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Sculcoates)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 97 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

119 applications decided

91.6% granted · 109 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dame Diana Johnson

Labour

Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 16
  • LD 26
  • Ref 10
  • Oth 5

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools15
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets7
  • Parks & greens17
  • Restaurants & cafés56

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£645 median full-time weekly pay

5.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,731 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 156,391 certificates

17.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

93% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 62% · Wind 32% · Gas 7% · Nuclear 0%

101 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 80.9 yrs women · 75.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.3 women · 53.1 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in HU5

  • The Avenues Medical Centre
  • Modality Partnership (Hull)
  • Princes Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Sculcoates power station · 0.3 km

    Sculcoates power station supplied electricity to Kingston upon Hull and the wider East Yorkshire area from 1898. An earlier 1893 station in Dagger Lane had operated public lighting in Hull Old Town. Sculcoates power s…

  • Sculcoates · 0.3 km

    Sculcoates is a suburb of Kingston upon Hull, north of the city centre, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

  • Beverley Road railway station · 0.3 km

    Beverley Road railway station was a station on the Hull and Barnsley Railway, and served the Beverley Road area of Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

  • Stepney, Kingston upon Hull · 0.5 km

    Stepney is an area of Kingston upon Hull within the larger area of Sculcoates, north of the city centre on the (A1079) Beverley-Hull main road. Before the mid-19th century the place was a small hamlet outside the urba…

  • Sculcoates railway station · 0.5 km

    Sculcoates railway station was a railway station on the North Eastern Railway's Victoria Dock Branch Line in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was first opened by the York and North Midland Railway on 1 June…

  • Stepney railway station (East Riding of Yorkshire) · 0.6 km

    Stepney railway station is a disused railway station on the York and North Midland Railway's Victoria Dock Branch Line in Stepney, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was first opened on 8 May 18…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)