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Hornsea

Hornsea is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 8,432. It has 34 bus stops, 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 25 restaurants and cafés. The average sold house price is around £239,832, and there were around 53 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hornsea area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Riding of Yorkshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). 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
Beverley and Holderness
Police force
Humberside
68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 29th of 294 English council areas — better than 90% of them.

Low crime82
Home affordability77
Affordable rents91
Good schools51
Life expectancy57
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

14°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 12° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:29

13h 4m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

61 reported · July 2026 49% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences28
  • Anti-social behaviour9
  • Vehicle crime6
  • Criminal damage & arson5

Neighbourhood team: North Holderness · Humberside

Local policing priorities

  • Drugs – Ongoing core priority - Intelligence
  • Anti-social Behaviour in Hornsea Town Centre, including E-bikes.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

92 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 84 rated 4–5 ★ (67 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

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

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£220,721 average 3.7% YoY

Across East Riding of Yorkshire · to 2026-06

Detached£337,224
Semi-detached£213,514
Terraced£169,691
Flat£102,186

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: East Riding Leisure Hornsea (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches8
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

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)

Deprivation

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

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%)

150inspected 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

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

414 applications decided

88.2% granted · 365 granted, 49 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Charlie Dewhirst

Conservative

Bridlington and The Wolds

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens20
  • Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

15,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £57,843 avg

e.g. Blinds and Curtains Installer, Housekeeper, Trainee Driving Instructor - Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 61% · Gas 18% · Imports 8% · Wind 6%

145 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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bettison's Folly · 0.1 km

    Bettison's Folly is a tower in Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Also referred to as Bettisons Tower and the Forgotten Folly, it was built some time between 1829 and 1853 by William Bettison.

  • Hornsea Museum · 0.1 km

    Hornsea Museum is a local museum in Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, northern England.

  • Hornsea · 0.2 km

    Hornsea is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The settlement dates to at least the early medieval period. The town was expanded in the Victorian era with the coming of the Hull a…

  • Hornsea Town Hall · 0.3 km

    Hornsea Town Hall is a municipal building in Newbegin in Hornsea, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. The building began life as a Wesleyan school, then became a church hall and finally became a town hall.

  • Hornsea RNLI Lifeboat Station · 0.3 km

    Hornsea RNLI Lifeboat Station was located at the junction of Burton Road and Eastbourne Road, in Hornsea, a seaside town approximately 12 miles (19 km) north-east of Hull, on the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

  • Hornsea School and Language College · 0.5 km

    Hornsea School and Language College is situated in the small seaside town of Hornsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is a secondary comprehensive and takes pupils from Hornsea and the surrounding area.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Hornsea?
Hornsea is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the East Riding of Yorkshire local authority.
What is the population of Hornsea?
Hornsea has an approximate settlement population of 8,432.
How deprived is Hornsea?
The East Riding of Yorkshire local authority, which includes Hornsea, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.