YO2 3QQ

Rural West York · York · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Rural West York
Local authority: York
Constituency: York Outer
Postcode district: YO2
Postcode sector: YO2 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
YO23 3QQ	21 m
YO23 3QH	290 m
YO26 8JP	962 m
YO26 7PB	1.0 km
YO26 8LF	1.0 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: YO2 3QQ
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 1998
Postcode area: YO
Postcode district: YO2
Postcode sector: YO2 3
Latitude: 53.964695
Longitude: -1.214376
British National Grid easting: 451,640
British National Grid northing: 452,352

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district: York · E06000014
Electoral ward: Rural West York · E05010328
Parish or community: E04000616
Westminster constituency: York Outer · E14001605
Output area: E00067783
Lower layer super output area: York 011A · E01013421
Middle layer super output area: York 011 · E02002782

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 5
Primary: 5
Secondary: 0

Rufforth Primary School

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1.3 km
Long Marston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
1.9 km
Poppleton Ousebank Primary School

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4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 17
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 8
Other theft 6
Drugs 1
Public order 1
Anti social behaviour 1

Nearby transport

Rufforth Hall

BCT · Rufforth
0.2 miles
Rufforth Hall

BCT · Rufforth
0.2 miles
Hessay Methodist Chapel

BCT · Hessay
0.6 miles
Hessay Methodist Chapel

BCT · Hessay
0.6 miles
Main Street

BCT · Hessay
0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for York 011A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,064 of 33,755

Income: 10 of 10
Employment: 10 of 10
Education and skills: 10 of 10
Health and disability: 9 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 2 of 10
Living environment: 3 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

5 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Rufforth Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

17 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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