YO7 1QX

Sowerby & Topcliffe · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Thirsk
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton
Postcode district
YO7
Postcode sector
YO7 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO7 1QJ 51 m
YO7 1RD 75 m
YO7 1QT 78 m
YO7 1RB 92 m
YO7 1RQ 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO7 1QX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO7
Postcode sector
YO7 1
Latitude
54.229492
Longitude
-1.347512
British National Grid easting
442,634
British National Grid northing
481,726

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007263
Westminster constituency
Thirsk and Malton · E14001544
Output area
E00140652
Lower layer super output area
Hambleton 008A · E01027620
Middle layer super output area
Hambleton 008 · E02005757

Postcode source versions

Explore YO7

87 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Victoria Avenue, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1QX 3 February 2026 £295,000
4, Victoria Avenue, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1QX 26 November 2025 £231,000
8, Victoria Avenue, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1QX 27 June 2025 £247,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    289 m
  2. Sowerby Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    347 m
  3. Thirsk School & Sixth Form College

    Community school

    621 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
733
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 318
  • Anti social behaviour 171
  • Criminal damage and arson 75
  • Shoplifting 38
  • Public order 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
106

68 female, 38 male

Postcode households
47
Residents per household
2.3
YO7 1 residents
8,887

Age bands in YO7 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.6%

1,279 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

894 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.6%

2,033 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

2,685 residents

Age 65 and over
26.7%

2,507 residents

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO7 1 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
30.8%

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • THIRSK DOCTORS SURGERY

    HEALTH CENTRE, CHAPEL STREET, THIRSK, YO7 1LG

    ODS code B82049

    348 m

  • LAMBERT MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHAPEL STREET, THIRSK, YO7 1LU

    ODS code B82042

    414 m

Nearby transport

  • The Maltings

    BCT · Thirsk

    0.1 miles
  • Sowerby Terrace

    BCT · Thirsk

    0.1 miles
  • Tesco Store

    BCT · Thirsk

    0.1 miles
  • Green Lane East

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.2 miles
  • Green Lane West

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hambleton 008A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,967 of 33,755

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

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
1
Low risk addresses
17
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

Property market

The five-year median is £231,000 from 13 recorded sales in YO7 1QX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Yorkshire is £270,569 in June 2026, up 3.1% year on year.

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy is the nearest published school at 289 m.

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

Recorded crime

733 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 318 events.

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