YO18 8EL

Pickering · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton
Postcode district
YO18
Postcode sector
YO18 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO18 8DX 28 m
YO18 8BS 51 m
YO18 8BT 51 m
YO18 8BJ 72 m
YO18 8BU 78 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO18 8EL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO18
Postcode sector
YO18 8
Latitude
54.245603
Longitude
-0.780569
British National Grid easting
479,561
British National Grid northing
484,008

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Electoral ward
Pickering · E05014306
Parish or community
E04007616
Westminster constituency
Thirsk and Malton · E14001544
Output area
E00141573
Lower layer super output area
Ryedale 002D · E01027795
Middle layer super output area
Ryedale 002 · E02005789

Postcode source versions

Explore YO18

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Pickering Community Junior School

    Community school

    411 m
  2. Pickering Community Infant School

    Community school

    473 m
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy

    Academy converter

    610 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
516
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 214
  • Anti social behaviour 115
  • Criminal damage and arson 69
  • Public order 30
  • Shoplifting 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
YO18 8 residents
5,463

Age bands in YO18 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.8%

655 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

455 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.1%

872 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.2%

1,492 residents

Age 65 and over
32%

1,637 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • PICKERING MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SOUTHGATE, PICKERING, YO18 8BL

    ODS code B82033

    92 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Library

    BCT · Pickering

    0.1 miles
  • The Library

    BCT · Pickering

    0.1 miles
  • Working Mens Club

    BCT · Pickering

    0.1 miles
  • Working Mens Club

    BCT · Pickering

    0.1 miles
  • Pickering (North Yorkshire Moors Railway)

    MET · Pickering

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ryedale 002D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,724 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
7
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Pickering Community Junior School is the nearest published school at 411 m.

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

Recorded crime

516 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 214 events.

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