North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a town or village in North Yorkshire, England. Thirsk railway station is 6.7 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. Covers 227 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 64th of 294 English council areas — better than 78% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
20°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 21° / 12° · 26% rain
- Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:29
12h 56m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
23US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · York Bootham, United Kingdom
Crime
Road safety
1,043 reported road collisions (2024)
266 killed or seriously injured · 1,441 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
8 food businesses within 2 miles
- 7 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Thirsk (6.7 km)
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Thirsk (6.7 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£270,569 average▲ 3.1% YoY
Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£844 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY
- 1 bed £590
- 2 bed £764
- 3 bed £935
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
7.9× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 137.9p · BP (7.1 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 148.9p · BP (7.1 km)
5 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
8 charging locations within ~8 km
- 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Starbucks, Topcliffe, A168 (3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches2
- Playgrounds2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
615,491 residents in North Yorkshire
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 59%
- 65+: 25%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Council tax
£2,544 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (23% of 306,270)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
379 schools · 85,538 pupils
290 primary · 41 secondary · 48 other
Ofsted: 154 of 177 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)
349inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Harrogate Grammar SchoolOutstanding
- Outwood Academy EasingwoldOutstanding
- Ryedale SchoolOutstanding
- Ermysted's Grammar SchoolGood
- Lady Lumley's AcademyGood
- Malton SchoolGood
- Northallerton School & Sixth Form CollegeGood
- Norton SchoolGood
- Outwood Academy RiponGood
- Ripon Grammar SchoolGood
- Scarborough University Technical CollegeGood
- Skipton Girls' High SchoolGood
- South Craven SchoolGood
- St Aidan's Church of England High SchoolGood
- St John Fisher Catholic AcademyGood
- Stokesley SchoolGood
- The Skipton AcademyGood
- Wensleydale SchoolGood
- Barlby High SchoolRequires improvement
- Bedale High SchoolRequires improvement
- Boroughbridge High SchoolRequires improvement
- Graham SchoolRequires improvement
- Harrogate High SchoolRequires improvement
- Whitby SchoolRequires improvement
- Brayton Academy
- Filey Academy
- George Pindar School
- King James's School
- Nidderdale High School
- Richmond School & Sixth Form College
- Risedale School
- Rossett School
- Scalby Academy
- Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science
- Settle College
- Sherburn High School
- St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
- St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy
- Tadcaster Grammar School
- Thirsk School & Sixth Form College
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Yorkshire
Care & health services
639 CQC-registered services
- Care homes204
- GP practices80
- Dentists141
- Homecare agencies159
- Hospitals & hospices15
CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · North Yorkshire
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
1,070 applications decided
88.9% granted · 951 granted, 119 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Council control
Conservative (minority)
- Lab 10
- Con 41
- LD 13
- Grn 5
- Ref 5
- Oth 16
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
37,185 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
9,203 jobs advertised · £37,827 avg
e.g. Roadside Mechanic, Roadside Vehicle Mechanic, Principal Naval Architect
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£731 median full-time weekly pay
2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£27,703 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
53% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: C · 57,421 certificates
14.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy: 65.4 women · 64.5 men
66% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thirsk and Malton:
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office376 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership357 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s332 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership286 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces238 local signatures · 22,077 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Topcliffe Castle · 0.5 kmTopcliffe Castle is an abandoned castle located near the village of Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, England.
Severfield · 1.0 kmSeverfield plc is a York based structural steel contractor. By turnover it is the largest in the UK, with a capacity of 130,000 tons per year, and a further 20,000 tons in the EU. Landmark works include London's 2012…
Cod Beck, North Yorkshire · 1.1 kmCod Beck is a river in North Yorkshire, England. It has a catchment area of 8,912 hectares (34.41 mi2). It flows for over 20 miles (32 km) from Osmotherley, through Thirsk, and enters the River Swale just to the south…
- RAF Dalton · 1.1 km
Royal Air Force Dalton or more simply RAF Dalton is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near to Dalton, North Yorkshire, England.
Topcliffe Toll Booth · 1.8 kmTopcliffe Toll Booth is a historic building in Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, a village in England.
Topcliffe, North Yorkshire · 1.8 kmTopcliffe is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated on the River Swale, on the A167 road and close to the A168. It is about 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Thirsk and 11 miles (18…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Towns in North Yorkshire
- Aberford
- Addingham
- Aiskew
- Alne
- Amotherby
- Ampleforth
- Appleton Roebuck
- Austwick
- Bagby
- Barkston Ash
- Barlby
- Barlow
- Barton (Richmondshire)
- Beal
- Bedale
- Bilbrough
- Birstwith
- Bishop Monkton
- Boroughbridge
- Borrowby
- Brayton
- Brompton
- Brompton-by-Sawdon
- Brompton-on-Swale
- Brotherton
- Bubwith
- Burley in Wharfedale
- Burn
- Burniston
- Burton Leonard
- Burton in Lonsdale
- Byram
- Camblesforth
- Carleton-in-Craven
- Carlton (Selby)
- Carlton Miniott
- Carthorpe
- Castleton (Scarborough)
- Catterick
- Catterick Garrison
- Cawood
- Church Fenton
- Cliffe (Selby)
- Cloughton
- Cononley
- Cowling
- Cross Hills
- Dalton
- Dalton-on-Tees
- Darley
- Darlington
- Dishforth
- Drax
- Easingwold
- East Ayton and West Ayton
- East Cowton
- Ebberston
- Eggborough
- Embsay
- Escrick
- Fairburn
- Farnhill
- Filey
- Firby
- Flaxton
- Flixton Ings
- Follifoot
- Fylingthorpe
- Gargrave
- Giggleswick
- Goathland
- Goldsborough
- Grassington
- Great Ayton
- Great Broughton
- Great Ouseburn
- Green Hammerton
- Grewelthorpe
- Gristhorpe
- Hambleton (Selby)
- Hampsthwaite
- Harmby
- Harrogate
- Hawes and Gayle
- Hellifield
- Helmsley
- Helperby and Brafferton
- Hemingbrough
- Hensall
- High Bentham
- Hinderwell
- Hirst Courtney
- Holmfield
- Hovingham
- Huby (Hambleton)
- Huby (Harrogate)
- Hunmanby
- Hurworth-on-Tees
- Husthwaite
- Hutton Buscel
- Hutton Rudby
- Ilkley
- Ingleton
- Kellingley
- Kellington
- Killinghall
- Kirby Hill
- Kirby Misperton
- Kirk Smeaton and Little Smeaton
- Kirkby Malzeard
- Kirkby Overblow
- Kirkbymoorside
- Knaresborough
- Knayton
- Langthorpe
- Leeming
- Leeming Bar
- Leyburn
- Linton-on-Ouse
- Long Marston (Harrogate)
- Long Preston
- Low Bentham
- Low Bradley
- Low Worsall
- Malton
- Masham
- Melmerby
- Melsonby
- Middleham
- Middleton (Ryedale)
- Middleton Tyas
- Monk Fryston and Hillam
- Morton-on-Swale
- Muston (Scarborough)
- Nawton and Beadlam
- Newton-on-Ouse
- North Duffield
- North Stainley
- Northallerton
- Norton-on-Derwent
- Osgodby (Selby)
- Osmotherley
- Oswaldkirk
- Otley (Leeds)
- Pannal
- Pateley Bridge
- Pickering
- Pickhill
- Pool-in-Wharfedale
- Primrose Valley
- Rainton
- Raskelf
- Reighton Sands
- Riccall
- Richmond
- Rillington
- Ripon
- Robin Hood's Bay
- Roecliffe
- Romanby
- Saxton
- Scalby
- Scarborough
- Scorton
- Scotton (Harrogate)
- Scruton
- Seamer (Hambleton)
- Seamer (Scarborough)
- Selby
- Settle
- Settrington
- Sharow
- Sherburn (Ryedale)
- Sherburn in Elmet
- Sheriff Hutton
- Shipton (Hambleton)
- Sinnington
- Skipton
- Sleights
- Slingsby
- Snainton
- Snape (Hambleton)
- Sneatonthorpe
- South Milford
- Sowerby
- Spofforth
- Staithes
- Stamford Bridge
- Staveley (Harrogate)
- Staxton
- Steeton
- Stillingfleet
- Stillington (Hambleton)
- Stockton on the Forest
- Stokesley
- Summerbridge
- Sutton-in-Craven
- Sutton-on-the-Forest
- Swainby
- Swinton (Ryedale)
- Tadcaster
- Terrington
- Thirsk
- Thornton-in-Craven
- Thornton-le-Dale
- Thornton-le-Moor
- Thorpe Underwood
- Thorpe Willoughby
- Thorpefield
- Threshfield
- Tockwith
- Tollerton (Hambleton)
- Topcliffe
- Ulleskelf
- Upper Poppleton
- Warthill
- Weaverthorpe
- West Tanfield
- West Witton
- Wetherby
- Whitby
- Whitley (Selby)
- Whixley
- Wistow (Selby)
- Wombleton
- Womersley
- Yarm