YO5 8JT

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: YO5
Postcode sector: YO5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
YO26 8LD	80 m
YO26 8LG	170 m
YO26 8JR	241 m
YO26 8LF	253 m
YO26 8JT	330 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: YO5 8JT
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 1998
Postcode area: YO
Postcode district: YO5
Postcode sector: YO5 8
Latitude: 53.973650
Longitude: -1.202545
British National Grid easting: 452,405
British National Grid northing: 453,357

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: E04000605
Westminster constituency: York Outer · E14001605
Output area: E00067775
Lower layer super output area: York 011C · E01013426
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: 8
Primary: 7
Secondary: 1

Rufforth Primary School

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1.7 km
Long Marston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
3.2 km
Poppleton Ousebank Primary School

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3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 10
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Other theft 4
Anti social behaviour 3
Violence and sexual offences 3

Nearby transport

Main Street

BCT · Hessay
0.1 miles
Main Street

BCT · Hessay
0.1 miles
Hessay Methodist Chapel

BCT · Hessay
0.2 miles
Hessay Methodist Chapel

BCT · Hessay
0.2 miles
Hessay A59

BCT · Hessay
0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for York 011C, 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

29,538 of 33,755

Income: 9 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 10 of 10
Health and disability: 8 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 4 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Rufforth Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 4 events.

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