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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 (IoD2019). 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 24th of 294 English council areas — better than 92% of them.

Low crime57
Home affordability58
Affordable rents48
Good schools77
Life expectancy55
Low deprivation87
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

15°COvercast

  • Today: 25° / 14° · 13% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:25

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · York Bootham, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

304 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 372 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

99 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 79 rated 4–5 ★ (72 top)
  • 6 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

£309,611 average 4.8% YoY

Across York · to 2026-06

Detached£508,572
Semi-detached£331,938
Terraced£287,726
Flat£180,490

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,193 average monthly rent 6.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £871
  • 2 bed £1,076
  • 3 bed £1,272

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.7p · Asda (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (10.1 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

55 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 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)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 275 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

62inspected 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
  • Dentists52
  • Homecare agencies45
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

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

314 applications decided

78.7% granted · 247 granted, 67 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mr Luke Charters

Labour

York Outer

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

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

8,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised

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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

49% low-carbon electricity

Imports 51% · Wind 21% · Nuclear 18% · Biomass 11%

14 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 2026-08-06

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 IoD2019.