YO6 5AJ

Helmsley & Sinnington · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton
Postcode district
YO6
Postcode sector
YO6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO62 5AJ 17 m
YO62 5AQ 54 m
YO62 5EX 74 m
YO62 5ES 92 m
YO62 5AG 124 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO6 5AJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1998
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO6
Postcode sector
YO6 5
Latitude
54.248035
Longitude
-1.062688
British National Grid easting
461,174
British National Grid northing
483,998

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007587
Westminster constituency
Thirsk and Malton · E14001544
Output area
E00189866
Lower layer super output area
Ryedale 003B · E01027780
Middle layer super output area
Ryedale 003 · E02005790

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
1
  1. Helmsley Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    353 m
  2. Ryedale School

    Academy converter

    4.4 km
  3. Nawton Community Primary School

    Community school

    4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
105
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 32
  • Violence and sexual offences 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Other theft 8
  • Public order 8

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • HELMSLEY SURGERY

    CARLTON ROAD, HELMSLEY, YORK, YO62 5HD

    ODS code B82068

    430 m

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

  • Market Place

    BCT · Helmsley

    0.1 miles
  • Feathers Hotel

    BCT · Helmsley

    0.1 miles
  • Carlton Road

    BCT · Helmsley

    0.3 miles
  • Linkfoot Close

    BCT · Helmsley

    0.4 miles
  • The War Memorial

    BCT · Sproxton

    1.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ryedale 003B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

20,047 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 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

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Helmsley Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 353 m.

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

Recorded crime

105 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 32 events.

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