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Howden

Howden is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 4,142. The area has 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, around 11 restaurants and cafés, 12 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Howden, 1.8km away. There were around 36 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 Howden 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
Haltemprice and Howden
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

9°CClear

  • Today: 13° / 7° · 52% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:24

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · York Fishergate, 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

31 reported · August 2026▼ 24% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences12
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Howden · Humberside

Local policing priorities

  • Road Safety

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

56 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 46 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Howden (2.1 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Howden (2.1 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: 154.9p · Esso (4.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Hailgate Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds4

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
  • 63 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

David Davis

Conservative

Goole and Pocklington

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates)
  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

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

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,160 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

9 jobs advertised · £25,698 avg

e.g. Multidrop Courier Opportunities - Howden - £230 Per Day, Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant (Wills, Trusts & Probate), Trainee Driving Instructor - Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Source: Adzuna

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 51% · Wind 18% · Gas 16% · Nuclear 9%

125 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

12 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in DN14

  • Montague Medical Practice
  • The Snaith And Rawcliffe Medical Group
  • Bartholomew Medical Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Goole and Pocklington:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Howden Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Howden Town Hall is a former municipal building in Churchside in Howden, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. It is currently in residential use.

  • Howden War Memorial · 0.2 km

    Howden War Memorial is a historic structure in Howden, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England.

  • Howden Minster · 0.2 km

    Howden Minster is a large Grade I listed Church of England church in the Diocese of York. It is located in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England and is one of the largest churches in the East Riding. It is dedicat…

  • Howden Market Cross · 0.3 km

    Howden Market Cross is a historic structure in Howden, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England.

  • Shire Hall, Howden · 0.3 km

    Shire Hall is a historic building in Howden, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England.

  • Howden (constituency) · 0.3 km

    Howden was a constituency in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1955 general election, made up largely of the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Howden?
Howden is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the East Riding of Yorkshire local authority.
What is the population of Howden?
Howden has an approximate settlement population of 4,142.
How deprived is Howden?
The East Riding of Yorkshire local authority, which includes Howden, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.