Driffield

17°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 11° · 67% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:28

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

106 reported · July 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences59
• Anti-social behaviour16
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Public order7

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Driffield and Rural · Humberside

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

600 reported road collisions (2024)

168 killed or seriously injured · 813 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

107 food businesses within 2 miles

• 92 rated 4–5 ★ (77 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Driffield (0.9 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£220,721 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across East Riding of Yorkshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£724 average monthly rent▲ 4.7% YoY

• 1 bed £502
• 2 bed £650
• 3 bed £799

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

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

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-Mill Street (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 217 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,466 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

159 schools · 45,725 pupils

124 primary · 17 secondary · 18 other

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

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

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

352 CQC-registered services

• Care homes151
• GP practices40
• Dentists66
• Homecare agencies61
• Hospitals & hospices12

CQC ratings: 85% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · East Riding of Yorkshire

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

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

414 applications decided

88.2% granted · 365 granted, 49 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Charlie Dewhirst

Conservative

Bridlington and The Wolds

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 23
• LD 21
• Grn 1
• Ref 3
• Oth 15

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens129
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

223 jobs advertised · £34,588 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Property End of Tenancy Cleaners, HGV Driver

Source: Adzuna

£756 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% 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

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

94% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Biomass 39% · Imports 4% · Nuclear 3%

56 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

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

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office434 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership272 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s269 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test268 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership242 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Yorkshire Wolds · 0.3 km

  The Yorkshire Wolds are a group of low hills in East and North Yorkshire, England. They are the northernmost chalk hills in Great Britain and contain the northernmost chalk stream in Europe, the Gypsey Race.

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  Driffield Town Hall · 0.4 km

  Driffield Town Hall is a former municipal building in Exchange Street, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The structure is now used as an annex to a local hotel.

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  Driffield · 0.5 km

  Driffield, also known as Great Driffield, is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. By road, i…

• Driffield Castle · 0.6 km

  Driffield Castle is located in the town of Driffield, approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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  Driffield railway station · 1.0 km

  Driffield railway station serves the town of Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Hull–Scarborough line and is operated by Northern, providing all passenger train services.

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  Little Driffield · 1.1 km

  Little Driffield is a small village in the civil parish of Driffield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the western outskirts of Great Driffield, to the west of the A614 road and south of the…

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