Schools
46 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 5 secondary schools. Carr Infant School is the nearest published school at 224 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
YO26 5PZ
Acomb · York · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- YO26 5PZ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1998
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- YO
- Postcode district
- YO26
- Postcode sector
- YO26 5
- Latitude
- 53.963273
- Longitude
- -1.133026
- British National Grid easting
- 456,979
- British National Grid northing
- 452,256
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- York · E06000014
- Electoral ward
- Acomb · E05010311
- Parish or community
- E43000013
- Westminster constituency
- York Central · E14001604
- Output area
- E00067321
- Lower layer super output area
- York 012A · E01013335
- Middle layer super output area
- York 012 · E02002783
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
Explore YO26
Property
6 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 23, Ostman Road, York, YO26 5PZ | 14 May 2021 | £175,000 |
| 11, Ostman Road, York, YO26 5PZ | 27 May 2016 | £150,000 |
| 21, Ostman Road, York, YO26 5PZ | 3 June 2014 | £136,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 46
- Primary
- 30
- Secondary
- 5
- 224 m
Carr Infant School
Academy sponsor led
- 251 m
Carr Infant School
Community school
- 357 m
Carr Junior School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,562
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 557
- Anti social behaviour 348
- Criminal damage and arson 144
- Shoplifting 129
- Public order 81
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 32
- Postcode households
- 11
- Residents per household
- 2.9
- YO26 5 residents
- 12,324
17 female, 15 male
Age bands in YO26 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.1%
2,231 residents
1,229 residents
3,169 residents
3,086 residents
2,143 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO26 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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+
- 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
- 23.1%
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
7
within 5 km
STAYCITY YORK (NIMBUSCARE)
2 OAK RISE, YORK, YO24 4LJ
ODS code Y08852
895 m
YORK GP EXTENDED ACCESS (NIMBUSCARE)
NIMBUSCARE LTD, ACOMB GARTH, 2 OAK RISE, YORK, YO24 4LJ
ODS code Y08516
895 m
FRONT STREET SURGERY
14 FRONT STREET, ACOMB, YORK, YO24 3BZ
ODS code B82100
1.1 km
YORK MEDICAL GROUP
199 ACOMB ROAD, YORK, YO24 4HD
ODS code B82083
1.2 km
PRIORY MEDICAL GROUP
PRIORY MEDICAL CENTRE, CORNLANDS ROAD, ACOMB, YORK, YO24 3WX
ODS code B82005
1.6 km
DALTON TERRACE SURGERY
GLENTWORTH, DALTON TERRACE, YORK, YO24 4DB
ODS code B82021
2.7 km
JORVIK GILLYGATE PRACTICE
WOOLPACK HOUSE, THE STONEBOW, YORK, YO1 7NP
ODS code B82098
3.6 km
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
- 0.0 miles
Ostman Road Shops
BCT · Acomb
- 0.0 miles
Ostman Road Shops
BCT · Beckfield Lane
- 0.1 miles
The Green Tree
BCT · Beckfield Lane
- 0.1 miles
The Green Tree
BCT · Beckfield Lane
- 0.1 miles
Carr Infant School
BCT · Beckfield Lane
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for York 012A, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,410 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
- 0
- 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
Recorded crime
1,562 published events cover 12 months, averaging 130.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 557 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.