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East Cowton

East Cowton is a village in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 533. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the East Cowton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Yorkshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025).

Council
North Yorkshire
County
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Richmond (Yorks)
Police force
North Yorkshire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 63rd of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Low crime89
Home affordability56
Affordable rents75
Good schools42
Life expectancy71
Low deprivation64
Low council tax23

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 90% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°CClear

  • Today: 14° / 7° · 22% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:33

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

89US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stockton-on-Tees Eaglescliffe, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

1 reported · August 2026

  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Northallerton · North Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Retail Crime in Northallerton Town Centre
  • Anti Social Behaviour around North Moor Road, around waste land and an empty house

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

Road safety

1,159 reported road collisions (2025)

331 killed or seriously injured · 1,530 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

5 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 4 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Dinsdale (10.8 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£270,080 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-08

Detached£431,122
Semi-detached£269,527
Terraced£219,836
Flat£142,783

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£849 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £594
  • 2 bed £769
  • 3 bed £941

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

Affordability

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

9,306 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 (10.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: Rockliffe Hall (6.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

615,491 residents in North Yorkshire

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK33,901
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,388
  • Net moves+7,513

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 189 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,544 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 306,270)

A £1,696
B £1,979
C £2,262
D £2,544
E £3,110
F £3,675
G £4,241
H £5,089

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

Schools

380 schools · 85,418 pupils

290 primary · 41 secondary · 49 other

Ofsted: 154 of 177 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Harrogate Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Outwood Academy EasingwoldOutstanding
  • Ryedale SchoolOutstanding
  • Ermysted's Grammar SchoolGood
  • Lady Lumley's AcademyGood
  • Malton SchoolGood
  • Northallerton School & Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • Norton SchoolGood
  • Outwood Academy RiponGood
  • Ripon Grammar SchoolGood
  • Scarborough University Technical CollegeGood
  • Skipton Girls' High SchoolGood
  • South Craven SchoolGood
  • St Aidan's Church of England High SchoolGood
  • St John Fisher Catholic AcademyGood
  • Stokesley SchoolGood
  • The Skipton AcademyGood
  • Wensleydale SchoolGood
  • Barlby High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Bedale High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Boroughbridge High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Graham SchoolRequires improvement
  • Harrogate High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Whitby SchoolRequires improvement
  • Brayton Academy
  • Filey Academy
  • George Pindar School
  • King James's School
  • Nidderdale High School
  • Richmond School & Sixth Form College
  • Risedale School
  • Rossett School
  • Scalby Academy
  • Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science
  • Settle College
  • Sherburn High School
  • St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
  • St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy
  • Tadcaster Grammar School
  • Thirsk School & Sixth Form College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Yorkshire

Care & health services

634 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes205
  • GP practices80
  • Dentists139
  • Homecare agencies155
  • Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Yorkshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

1,247 applications decided

90.3% granted · 1,126 granted, 121 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Rishi Sunak

Conservative

Richmond and Northallerton

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
  • NoDraft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026
  • AyePublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19
  • AyePublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 10
  • Con 41
  • LD 13
  • Grn 5
  • Ref 5
  • Oth 16

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

37,395 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£731 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,703 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 57,421 certificates

14.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

54% low-carbon electricity

Imports 46% · Nuclear 42% · Wind 12% · Solar 0%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.4 women · 64.5 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in DL7

  • Leeming Medical Centre
  • Fylingdales Medical Centre
  • Mowbray House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Richmond and Northallerton:

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

Notable places nearby

  • All Saints' Church, East Cowton · 0.1 km

    All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in East Cowton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

  • East Cowton · 0.2 km

    East Cowton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is 7 miles (11 km) north west of the county town of Northallerton.

  • Temple Cowton Preceptory · 0.5 km

    Temple Cowton Preceptory was a priory in North Yorkshire, England. The preceptory was in the village of East Cowton, 5 miles (8 km) north west of Northallerton. Temple Cowton was founded in c. 1142 by the Knights Te…

  • Cowton railway station · 1.2 km

    Cowton railway station is a disused station on the East Coast Main Line, it is situated in North Yorkshire, England. The station is situated around 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) east of the village of East Cowton.

  • South Cowton Castle · 1.6 km

    South Cowton Castle is a 15th-century tower house and Grade I listed building located in the parish of South Cowton, near Northallerton in North Yorkshire, England. Built around 1470 by Sir Richard Conyers, the heavil…

  • St Mary's Church, South Cowton · 1.6 km

    St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church standing in open countryside in the former village of South Cowton, near Scotch Corner in North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for Engl…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is East Cowton?
East Cowton is a town in North Yorkshire, England, in the North Yorkshire local authority.
What is the population of East Cowton?
East Cowton has an approximate settlement population of 533.
How deprived is East Cowton?
The North Yorkshire local authority, which includes East Cowton, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.