YO6 6SQ

Helmsley & Sinnington · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Helmsley & Sinnington
Local authority: North Yorkshire
Constituency: Thirsk and Malton
Postcode district: YO6
Postcode sector: YO6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
YO62 6SH	23 m
YO62 6SQ	24 m
YO62 6SG	176 m
YO62 6RZ	287 m
YO62 6RY	352 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: YO6 6SQ
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 1998
Postcode area: YO
Postcode district: YO6
Postcode sector: YO6 6
Latitude: 54.260219
Longitude: -0.858832
British National Grid easting: 474,435
British National Grid northing: 485,549

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district: North Yorkshire · E06000065
Electoral ward: Helmsley & Sinnington · E05014281
Parish or community: E04007631
Westminster constituency: Thirsk and Malton · E14001544
Output area: E00141613
Lower layer super output area: Ryedale 003D · E01027800
Middle layer super output area: Ryedale 003 · E02005790

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: 3
Primary: 2
Secondary: 1

Sinnington Community Primary School

Academy converter
446 m
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy

Academy converter
4.8 km
Lady Lumley's Academy

Academy sponsor led
5.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 8
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Anti social behaviour 5
Public order 2
Violence and sexual offences 1

Nearby transport

Riverdell

BCT · Sinnington
0.1 miles
Wentworth House

BCT · Sinnington
0.1 miles
Sinnington Lane End

BCT · Sinnington
0.2 miles
Sinnington Road End

BCT · Sinnington
0.2 miles
School Stop

BCT · Sinnington
0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ryedale 003D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,362 of 33,755

Income: 9 of 10
Employment: 9 of 10
Education and skills: 7 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 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. Sinnington Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 446 m.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 5 events.

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