York

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 8° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:24

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

1013 reported · August 2026▲ 15% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour311
• Violence & sexual offences254
• Shoplifting171
• Public order62

Neighbourhood team: York Inner · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 400 rated 4–5 ★ (330 top)
• 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: York (0.7 km)
• 105 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: 166.7p · Asda (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (4.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

70 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Castle Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres8
• Gyms8
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches49
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Film shaped by young people in York 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
• Council outlines scale of future budget challenge· 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

• In a conservation area (Central Historic Core Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 1,187 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

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)

York Central

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 24
• Con 3
• LD 19
• Oth 1

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

• Schools21
• GPs & clinics19
• Pharmacies9
• Supermarkets14
• Parks & greens1298
• Restaurants & cafés395

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,813 jobs advertised · £38,154 avg

e.g. Class 1 Driver, Production Operatives - York (Ad-Hoc Work Available), Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£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

58% low-carbon electricity

Imports 42% · Nuclear 35% · Wind 22% · 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in YO1

• Jorvik Gillygate Practice
• Cobweb At Vale Of York

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in York Central:

• Require accessible changing benches for disabled children in public venues611 local signatures · 11,756 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks294 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation216 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills181 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND171 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  10 and 12 Low Ousegate · 0.0 km

  10 and 12 Low Ousegate is a Grade II listed pair of buildings on Low Ousegate in York, England. Built between 1810 and 1820 as two houses with shops and formerly numbered 16, they stand on elongated medieval plots lat…

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  St Michael's Church, Spurriergate, York · 0.0 km

  St Michael's Church is a Grade I listed former parish church in the Church of England, on Spurriergate in York, England.

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  Ousegate · 0.0 km

  Ousegate is a street in the city centre of York, England. It is divided into High Ousegate and Low Ousegate. The street forms part of the city's central shopping area. High Ousegate is pedestrianised, but Low Ousegate…

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  The Grapes, York · 0.1 km

  The Grapes, now trading as the Stone Roses Bar, is a Grade II listed public house on King Street in York, England. The building dates from around 1860 and has undergone later internal alterations. It was included in t…

• Medieval parish churches of York · 0.1 km

  York had around 45 parish churches in 1300. Twenty survive, in whole or in part, a number surpassed in England only by Norwich, and 12 are used for worship. This article consists of a list of medieval churches whi…

• York Rural Sanitary District · 0.1 km

  York was a rural sanitary district in Yorkshire, England, until 1894. It was based on the York poor law union, and included parishes in the West Riding, the North Riding and the East Riding, forming a ring around the…

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