Property market
The five-year median is £313,000 from 2,737 recorded sales in YO26. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for York is £309,611 in June 2026, up 4.8% year on year.
YO26
UK postcode district
Part of York
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,195
- Current units
- 885
- Coordinate coverage
- 98%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 310
Postcode sectors in YO26
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
17,969 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 8, Church Gate, York, YO26 5BW | 27 July 2026 | £320,000 |
| 24, Marston Avenue, York, YO26 5DG | 24 July 2026 | £191,000 |
| 23, Ralph Garth, Tockwith, York, YO26 7PP | 24 July 2026 | £330,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 14
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,041
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 408
- Anti social behaviour 223
- Criminal damage and arson 86
- Other theft 82
- Shoplifting 49
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- YO26 usual residents
- 31,592
- Age-profile population
- 31,383
Age bands in YO26
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- 5,642 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- 3,428 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.1%
- 7,878 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.7%
- 8,380 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.3%
- 6,055 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 864 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 13.6%
In this district, 773 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 684 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
SPRINGBANK SURGERY
YORK ROAD, GREEN HAMMERTON, YORK, YO26 8BN
ODS code B82057
Evidence in context
Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,041 published events cover 12 months, averaging 87 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 408 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.