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Bempton

Bempton is a village in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 1,040. There are 6 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Bempton, 0.6 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bempton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Riding of Yorkshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 342,217 residents at roughly 142 people per km².

Council
East Riding of Yorkshire
County
East Riding of Yorkshire
Constituency
East Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside
68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 28th of 294 English council areas — better than 90% of them.

Low crime82
Home affordability77
Affordable rents91
Good schools51
Life expectancy55
Low deprivation68
Employment82
Low council tax42

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

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 10° · 54% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:22

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Bridlington Central and Old Town · Humberside

Local policing priorities

  • Disruption of Drug activity – Ongoing core priority
  • HumberTalking

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

Road safety

600 reported road collisions (2025)

160 killed or seriously injured · 837 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

20 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 18 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bempton (0.3 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bempton (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£219,871 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across East Riding of Yorkshire · to 2026-08

Detached£333,758
Semi-detached£212,872
Terraced£170,557
Flat£102,301

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£724 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £503
  • 2 bed £650
  • 3 bed £799

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

6.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.4 times median annual pay (6.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

5,643 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 174.9p · Asda (4.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (4.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Sewerby Hall & Gardens - Car park (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

342,217 residents in East Riding of Yorkshire · 142/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,365
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,679
  • Net moves+6,686

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 203 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,466 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (24% of 166,380)

A £1,644
B £1,918
C £2,192
D £2,466
E £3,014
F £3,562
G £4,110
H £4,932

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

Schools

159 schools · 45,725 pupils

124 primary · 17 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 64 of 72 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Beverley Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Beverley High SchoolOutstanding
  • Bridlington SchoolGood
  • Driffield School and Sixth FormGood
  • Goole AcademyGood
  • Headlands SchoolGood
  • Longcroft School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • South Hunsley School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • The Market Weighton SchoolGood
  • Cottingham High School
  • Holderness Academy
  • Hornsea School and Language College
  • Howden School
  • The Snaith School
  • Withernsea High School
  • Woldgate School and Sixth Form College
  • Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Riding of Yorkshire

Care & health services

350 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes151
  • GP practices39
  • Dentists66
  • Homecare agencies60
  • Hospitals & hospices12

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · East Riding of Yorkshire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

398 applications decided

88.2% granted · 351 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Charlie Dewhirst

Conservative

Bridlington and The Wolds

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 3
  • Con 24
  • LD 21
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 15

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,160 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£756 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,783 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 168,124 certificates

13% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

80% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 44% · Wind 33% · Gas 16% · Imports 4%

114 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.5 women · 59.5 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 6 pharmacies in YO15

  • Humber Primary Care

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bridlington and The Wolds:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • St Michael's Church, Bempton · 0.1 km

    St Michael's Church is the parish church of Bempton, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England.

  • Bempton · 0.1 km

    Bempton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the border with North Yorkshire. It is near the North Sea coast and Flamborough Head, and is situated about 4 miles (6.4 km) north o…

  • Bempton railway station · 0.3 km

    Bempton railway station serves the village of Bempton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern Trains, who provide all passenger train services.

  • Buckton, East Riding of Yorkshire · 0.9 km

    Buckton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bempton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is near the North Sea coast, and about 4 miles (6 km) north of Bridlington. It lies on the…

  • Buckton Mill · 1.2 km

    Buckton Mill, also known as Bempton Mill, is a historic windmill on Bolam Lane in Bempton, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

  • Flamborough railway station · 2.0 km

    Flamborough railway station was located in the village of Marton, and was originally named after that location. However, there were several other railway stations also called Marton, so on 1 July 1884 the North Easter…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bempton?
Bempton is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the East Riding of Yorkshire local authority.
What is the population of Bempton?
Bempton has an approximate settlement population of 1,040.
How deprived is Bempton?
The East Riding of Yorkshire local authority, which includes Bempton, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.