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Askham Bryan

Askham Bryan is a village in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 564. It has one GP surgery, one pharmacy, and around 5 restaurants and cafés, with seven bus stops and the nearest railway station being Erskine Halt, 4.2 km away. In June 2026, there were around 5 recorded street crimes, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Askham Bryan area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the York area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 202,821 residents at roughly 746 people per km².

Council
York
County
North Yorkshire
Constituency
York Outer
Police force
North Yorkshire
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 25th of 294 English council areas — better than 91% of them.

Low crime57
Home affordability58
Affordable rents48
Good schools77
Life expectancy52
Low deprivation88
Employment98
Low council tax84

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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 39% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:23

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · York Fishergate, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.5% 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

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: York Outer (West) · North Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • There has been a rise in reports of burglaries in the area.
  • Op Pendulum - Ongoing ASB and criminality involving the use of Sur-Ron and modified E-Bikes across York

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

Road safety

313 reported road collisions (2025)

61 killed or seriously injured · 368 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

99 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 77 rated 4–5 ★ (68 top)
  • 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Erskine Halt (3.8 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Poppleton (5.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£311,865 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across York · to 2026-08

Detached£510,541
Semi-detached£335,176
Terraced£290,524
Flat£180,669

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,199 average monthly rent▲ 6.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £875
  • 2 bed £1,082
  • 3 bed £1,279

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

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,556 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: 159.9p · Esso (8.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (10.1 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

56 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Askham Bar Park and Ride (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

202,821 residents in York · 746/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 66%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,579
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK19,713
  • Net moves+866

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 261 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,287 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 93,700)

A £1,525
B £1,779
C £2,033
D £2,287
E £2,795
F £3,304
G £3,812
H £4,574

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

Schools

73 schools · 27,170 pupils

49 primary · 9 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 30 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • All Saints Catholic School YorkOutstanding
  • Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England AcademyOutstanding
  • Fulford SchoolOutstanding
  • Manor Church of England AcademyGood
  • Millthorpe SchoolGood
  • Vale of York AcademyGood
  • York High SchoolGood
  • Huntington School
  • Joseph Rowntree School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · York

Care & health services

182 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes42
  • GP practices20
  • Dentists53
  • Homecare agencies44
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · York

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Askham Bryan Conservation Area)
  • Within the Green Belt
  • 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

294 applications decided

82.3% granted · 242 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Mr Luke Charters

Labour

York Outer

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 24
  • Con 3
  • LD 19
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £26,298 avg

e.g. Data Engineering Apprentice

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£767 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,506 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 93,860 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

63% low-carbon electricity

Imports 37% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 30%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.4 women · 60.8 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in YO23

  • The Old School Medical Practice
  • Hmp/Yoi Askham Grange
  • South York Heart Failure Nurses

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in York Outer:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Askham Bryan · 0.2 km

    Askham Bryan is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of City of York in the north of England. It is 6 miles (10 km) south-west of York, west of Bishopthorpe, and close to Askham Richard and Copmant…

  • St Nicholas' Church, Askham Bryan · 0.2 km

    St Nicholas' Church is the parish church of Askham Bryan, near York in England, and is a Grade I listed building.

  • Askham Bryan College · 0.9 km

    Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based further education college and university college based in Askham Bryan, York, England. Established in 1936 as the Yorkshire Agricultural Institute, Askham Bryan College…

  • Ainsty · 1.3 km

    The Ainsty or the Ainsty of York was a historic district of Yorkshire, England, west of the city of York. Originally a wapentake or subdivision of the West Riding of Yorkshire it later had a unique status as a rural a…

  • St Mary's Church, Askham Richard · 1.5 km

    St Mary's Church is the parish church of Askham Richard, a village in the western, rural, part of the City of York in England.

  • HM Prison Askham Grange · 1.5 km

    HM Prison Askham Grange is a women's open category prison, located in Askham Richard village in North Yorkshire, England. The prison is run by His Majesty's Prison Service.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Askham Bryan?
Askham Bryan is a town in North Yorkshire, England, in the York local authority.
What is the population of Askham Bryan?
Askham Bryan has an approximate settlement population of 564.
How deprived is Askham Bryan?
The York local authority, which includes Askham Bryan, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.