YO5 8JX

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 8JX	1 m
YO26 8HZ	428 m
YO26 8JS	462 m
YO26 8LE	489 m
YO26 8HN	563 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: YO5 8JX
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 1998
Postcode area: YO
Postcode district: YO5
Postcode sector: YO5 8
Latitude: 53.980073
Longitude: -1.196705
British National Grid easting: 452,780
British National Grid northing: 454,076

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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2.4 km
Poppleton Ousebank Primary School

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2.7 km
Manor Church of England Academy

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3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 9
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

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

Nearby transport

Hessay A59

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0.1 miles
Hessay A59

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0.1 miles
Main Street

BCT · Hessay
0.5 miles
Main Street

BCT · Hessay
0.5 miles
Hessay Methodist Chapel

BCT · Hessay
0.7 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 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 3 events.

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