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Huntington (York)

Huntington (York) is a town in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 10,000. It has around 14 restaurants and cafés, 1 GP surgery, 5 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, 44 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is York, 3.8 km away. In June 2026, there were around 116 recorded street crimes, 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 Huntington (York) 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

7°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:26

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US 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

116 reported · August 2026▲ 15% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences30
  • Anti-social behaviour19
  • Shoplifting17
  • Criminal damage & arson13

Neighbourhood team: York Outer (North) · North Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • ASB and behaviour that causes nuisance or negatively impacts the local community.
  • County Lines and drug dealing.

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

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 402 rated 4–5 ★ (325 top)
  • 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: York (3.8 km)
  • 44 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from York (3.8 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: 166.7p · Asda (1.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (1.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

71 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: York Community Stadium North Car Park ( Near Leisure Centre ) (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres6
  • Sports pitches21
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds14

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 80 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:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

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

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

46 jobs advertised · £36,134 avg

e.g. Nursery Practitioner Level 3, Housekeeping - Team Member, Relief Cook

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

60% low-carbon electricity

Imports 40% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 27%

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

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in YO31

  • Foss Park Hospital - Bcss Inpatient Unit
  • York Adult Community Nursing
  • Community Midwives York

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

  • Huntington School, York · 0.5 km

    Huntington School is a coeducational, comprehensive secondary school in Huntington, York, England, with approximately 1,500 pupils.

  • Earswick railway station · 0.5 km

    Earswick station was a station on the York to Beverley Line north east of the City of York, England.

  • Huntington Stadium · 0.5 km

    Huntington Stadium is the former stadium of English rugby league teams York Wasps, and York City Knights.

  • York Community Stadium · 0.6 km

    The York Community Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Huntington, York, England. It is owned by City of York Council, and is home to York City Football Club, York Knights Men's Rugby League Football Club and also t…

  • York City F.C. · 0.6 km

    York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The club's first team compete in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league…

  • New Earswick · 1.0 km

    New Earswick is a model village and civil parish in the unitary authority of City of York in North Yorkshire, England, near the River Foss, north of York and south of Haxby. According to the 2001 census the parish had…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Huntington (York)?
Huntington (York) is a town in North Yorkshire, England, in the York local authority.
How deprived is Huntington (York)?
The York local authority, which includes Huntington (York), is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.