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HG5 8AQ

Knaresborough West · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Knaresborough West
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Harrogate and Knaresborough
Postcode district
HG5
Postcode sector
HG5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HG5 0HF 12 m
HG5 0HG 23 m
HG5 8PQ 37 m
HG5 0HB 45 m
HG5 8AD 51 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HG5 8AQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 February 2009
Postcode area
HG
Postcode district
HG5
Postcode sector
HG5 8
Latitude
54.008434
Longitude
-1.468034
British National Grid easting
434,962
British National Grid northing
457,064

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Electoral ward
Knaresborough West · E05014289
Parish or community
E04007372
Westminster constituency
Harrogate and Knaresborough · E14001269
Output area
E00140925
Lower layer super output area
Harrogate 009C · E01027673
Middle layer super output area
Harrogate 009 · E02005769

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
14
Secondary
4

  1. Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    360 m

  2. King James's School

    Community school

    595 m

  3. St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy

    Academy converter

    603 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
911
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 359
  • Anti social behaviour 193
  • Criminal damage and arson 98
  • Public order 49
  • Other theft 48

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HG5 8 residents
4,967

Age bands in HG5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.9%

605 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

442 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.9%

913 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

1,628 residents

Age 65 and over
29.6%

1,510 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEECH HOUSE SURGERY

    1 ASH TREE ROAD, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0UB

    ODS code B82069

    303 m

  • EASTGATE MEDICAL GROUP

    31B YORK PLACE, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0AD

    ODS code B82060

    387 m

  • STOCKWELL ROAD SURGERY

    21 STOCKWELL ROAD, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0JY

    ODS code B82067

    407 m

  • KINGSWOOD SURGERY

    14 WETHERBY ROAD, HARROGATE, HG2 7SA

    ODS code B82014

    3.7 km

  • STRAYSIDE HEALTH

    MOWBRAY SQUARE MEDICAL CENTRE, MYRTLE SQUARE, HARROGATE, HG1 5AR

    ODS code B82016

    4.3 km

  • THE SPA SURGERY

    MOWBRAY SQUARE MEDICAL CENTRE, MYRTLE SQUARE, HARROGATE, HG1 5AR

    ODS code B82027

    4.3 km

  • CHURCH AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP

    THE SURGERY, 54 CHURCH AVENUE, HARROGATE, HG1 4HG

    ODS code B82059

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Knaresborough Centre

    BCT · Carmires

    0.1 miles

  • Knaresborough Rail Station

    RLY · Knaresborough

    0.1 miles

  • Fisher Street

    BCT · Carmires

    0.1 miles

  • Knaresborough Rail Station

    RSE · Knaresborough

    0.1 miles

  • Bus Stn Stand A

    BCT · Knaresborough

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harrogate 009C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,513 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 4 secondary schools. Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 360 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

911 published events cover 12 months, averaging 75.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 359 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.