Pickering
Pickering is a town in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 6,936. It has 15 bus stops, one GP surgery or clinic, one pharmacy, and 20 restaurants and cafés, with Pickering railway station located 0.3 km away. The average sold house price is around £345,920, and there were around 29 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Pickering 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
- Thirsk and Malton
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 63rd of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.
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°CLight drizzle
- Today: 12° / 7° · 58% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:22
9h 12m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
10US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)
Source: WAQI · York Fishergate, 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
33 reported · August 2026▼ 54% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences14
- Anti-social behaviour12
- Other theft3
- Burglary1
Neighbourhood team: Ryedale · North Yorkshire
Local policing priorities
- Operation Wilderness: We are investigating offences involving green laneing and unauthorised vehicular incursion onto National Parks and…
- ASB around our market towns of Kirkbymoorside and Helmsley has seen some acts of criminal damage and vandalism. These incidents have rang…
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
62 food businesses within 2 miles
- 55 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Pickering (0.8 km)
- 7 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Malton (13.3 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£270,080 average▲ 1.7% YoY
Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-08
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
EV charging
7 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 75 kW
- Nearest: zest-hand-firm-farm (0.8 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres5
- Sports pitches14
- Playgrounds6
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)
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
- 226 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
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
- Schools4
- GPs & clinics1
- Pharmacies1
- Supermarkets4
- Parks & greens15
- Restaurants & cafés20
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
37,395 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
37 jobs advertised · £39,976 avg
e.g. Site Technical Manager, Head of Sales, Mechanical Engineering Manager
Source: Adzuna
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
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
1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in YO18
- Pickering Medical Practice
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thirsk and Malton:
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills240 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces238 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide
- Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation237 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks219 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately198 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Pickering Castle · 0.6 kmPickering Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. The original castle was made of timber, and the later stone castle was a temporary prison for Richard II in 1399.
Pickering Quaker Meeting House · 0.7 kmPickering Quaker Meeting House is a historic building in Pickering, North Yorkshire, a town in England.
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Pickering · 0.8 kmThe Church of St Peter and St Paul, Pickering is the parish church of the market town of Pickering in the county of North Yorkshire. The church sits on the top of a small hill in the centre of the town and its spire i…
Pickering railway station · 0.8 kmPickering railway station is the southern terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and serves the town of Pickering in North Yorkshire, England. The first railway arrived in Pickering from the north in 1836, howe…
Pickering, North Yorkshire · 0.8 kmPickering is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is at the foot of the moors, overloo…
Newbridge, North Yorkshire · 0.9 kmNewbridge is a hamlet, near Pickering in North Yorkshire, England. There is a level crossing in the hamlet over the North York Moors Railway, but the railway calls the place New Bridge. A quarry to the north-west of t…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pickering?
- Pickering is a town in North Yorkshire, England, in the North Yorkshire local authority.
- What is the population of Pickering?
- Pickering has an approximate settlement population of 6,936.
- How deprived is Pickering?
- The North Yorkshire local authority, which includes Pickering, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.