Rufforth

11°COvercast

• Today: 13° / 8° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:25

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · York Fishergate, United Kingdom

• 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

5 reported · August 2026▲ 150% YoY

• Burglary2
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: York Outer (West) · North Yorkshire

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

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)

13 food businesses within 2 miles

• 9 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Poppleton (3.8 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£311,865 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across York · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (10.5 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

49 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Poppleton Bar layby lane (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Have your say on Haxby improvements· 4 Nov 2026
• Film shaped by York youth nominated for TV award· 3 Nov 2026
• York's acts of Remembrance 2026· 30 Oct 2026
• Applications invited from older residents to Christmas Cheer events· 30 Oct 2026
• Council adds to record highways maintenance programme list· 29 Oct 2026

Source: York Council

202,821 residents in York · 746/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 261 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,287 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 93,700)

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · York

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

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

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

294 applications decided

82.3% granted · 242 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Luke Charters

Labour

York Outer

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 24
• Con 3
• LD 19
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Imports 44% · Nuclear 35% · Wind 21% · Solar 1%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in York Outer:

• Require accessible changing benches for disabled children in public venues388 local signatures · 11,756 nationwide
• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation380 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills236 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks234 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth157 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Tankard Inn · 0.1 km

  The Tankard Inn is a public house on Wetherby Road in Rufforth, a village in the City of York, England. Dating from the early 19th century and originally a house, it was remodelled in 1937 by architect H. Lane Fox for…

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  Rufforth · 0.2 km

  Rufforth is a village in the civil parish of Rufforth with Knapton, in the unitary authority area of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It lies about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of York. The village is mentioned…

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  All Saints' Church, Rufforth · 0.3 km

  All Saints' Church is the parish church of the village of Rufforth, in the rural western part of the City of York, in England.

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  Rufforth Circuit · 0.8 km

  Rufforth Circuit is a disused motor racing circuit built on an airfield in North Yorkshire, England. Rufforth circuit was built on the site of a World War II bomber base, RAF Rufforth, opened in 1942. The airfield rem…

• RAF Rufforth · 0.9 km

  Royal Air Force Rufforth or RAF Rufforth is a former Royal Air Force station located near Rufforth in North Yorkshire, England. It was used by only one operational squadron on long-range bombing missions during the Se…

• Rural West York · 1.6 km

  Rural West York is one of the outer wards of the unitary authority of City of York, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)