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Pocklington

Pocklington is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 8,337. It has 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, and around 14 restaurants and cafés, along with 20 bus stops, and there were around 42 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 Pocklington 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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 59% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:23

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

50 reported · August 2026▲ 2% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences29
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Other theft5
  • Public order4

Neighbourhood team: Pocklington · Humberside

Local policing priorities

  • Speeding and Parking issues around Maxwell Road School
  • OP Topaz Halloween and Bonfire night

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

91 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 81 rated 4–5 ★ (75 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

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

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: West Green Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Sports pitches11
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds9

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
  • 15 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

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens11
  • Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,160 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

25 jobs advertised · £34,490 avg

e.g. Sheet Metal Worker, Sales Solutions Lead, Pocklington Shop Volunteer

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 41% · Wind 36% · Gas 15% · Imports 4%

110 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in YO42

  • Pocklington Group Practice
  • Pocklington District Nursing

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

  • Church of All Saints, Pocklington · 0.3 km

    All Saints' Church, Pocklington is the Anglican parish church for the town of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is also known locally as the Cathedral of the Wolds. It is an important Grade I listed b…

  • Pocklington · 0.3 km

    Pocklington is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, its population was 10,123. It lies 13 miles (21 km) east of…

  • Pocklington railway station · 0.5 km

    Pocklington railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line that served the town of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened on 4 October 1847 and closed after the last train on 27 November…

  • Pocklington School · 0.5 km

    Pocklington School is a public co-educational British private boarding and day school in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1514 by John Dolman. The school is a part of the Headmasters'…

  • Burnby Hall Gardens · 0.7 km

    Burnby Hall Gardens, also known as Stewart's Burnby Hall Gardens and Museum, are located close to the centre of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They are home to the United Kingdom's national collection…

  • Woldgate School and Sixth Form College · 1.0 km

    Woldgate School and Sixth Form College, more commonly known as Woldgate School, and formerly Woldgate College, is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form on Kilnwick Road in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Pocklington?
Pocklington is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the East Riding of Yorkshire local authority.
What is the population of Pocklington?
Pocklington has an approximate settlement population of 8,337.
How deprived is Pocklington?
The East Riding of Yorkshire local authority, which includes Pocklington, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.