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Romanby

Romanby is a town or village in North Yorkshire, England, with 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, and around 35 restaurants and cafés. There are 13 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Northallerton, 0.4 km away. There were around 97 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 Romanby area — all from official UK open data.

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

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 64th of 294 English council areas — better than 78% of them.

Low crime89
Home affordability56
Affordable rents75
Good schools43
Life expectancy72
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 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 18° / 9° · 57% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:32

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

Crime

1 reported · July 2026 99% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Northallerton · North Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Retail Crime in Northallerton Town Centre
  • Operation Hutch - Following a serious sexual offence we are completing work around the Bylands Avenue area of town

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

Road safety

1,043 reported road collisions (2024)

266 killed or seriously injured · 1,441 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

124 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 106 rated 4–5 ★ (100 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Northallerton (0.4 km)
  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Northallerton (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£270,569 average 3.1% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-06

Detached£433,551
Semi-detached£270,358
Terraced£218,729
Flat£143,005

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£844 average monthly rent 2% YoY

  • 1 bed £590
  • 2 bed £764
  • 3 bed £935

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Asda (1.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (1.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Northallerton Superstore (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches22
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds15

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)

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

379 schools · 85,538 pupils

290 primary · 41 secondary · 48 other

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

349inspected 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

639 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes204
  • GP practices80
  • Dentists141
  • Homecare agencies159
  • Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Yorkshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

1,070 applications decided

88.9% granted · 951 granted, 119 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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

  • Schools8
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets7
  • Parks & greens28
  • Restaurants & cafés50

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

37,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised · £45,000 avg

e.g. Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer, Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time, Senior Structural Technician (Align Property Services)

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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 69% · Nuclear 20% · Solar 6% · Biomass 6%

7 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Richmond and Northallerton:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

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  • Romanby War Memorial · 0.0 km

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  • Romanby · 0.2 km

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  • Northallerton engine shed · 0.3 km

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  • Northallerton railway station · 0.4 km

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  • County Hall, Northallerton · 0.5 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)