YO7 1UR

Sowerby & Topcliffe · 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
YO7
Postcode sector
YO7 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO7 1SB 34 m
YO7 1SD 44 m
YO7 1SE 70 m
YO7 1RW 99 m
YO7 1SF 110 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO7 1UR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO7
Postcode sector
YO7 1
Latitude
54.225369
Longitude
-1.351319
British National Grid easting
442,390
British National Grid northing
481,265

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
E00140646
Lower layer super output area
Hambleton 009E · E01034959
Middle layer super output area
Hambleton 009 · E02005758

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Thirsk School & Sixth Form College

    Community school

    329 m
  2. Sowerby Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    334 m
  3. All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    447 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
652
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 287
  • Anti social behaviour 143
  • Criminal damage and arson 70
  • Public order 34
  • Shoplifting 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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
0%

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

  • THIRSK DOCTORS SURGERY

    HEALTH CENTRE, CHAPEL STREET, THIRSK, YO7 1LG

    ODS code B82049

    834 m

  • LAMBERT MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHAPEL STREET, THIRSK, YO7 1LU

    ODS code B82042

    913 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

  • Thirsk Secondary School

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.2 miles
  • Thirsk Secondary School

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.2 miles
  • Green Lane West

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.2 miles
  • Green Lane East

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.2 miles
  • Thirsk School Grounds

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hambleton 009E, 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

24,683 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Thirsk School & Sixth Form College is the nearest published school at 329 m.

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

Recorded crime

652 published events cover 12 months, averaging 54.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 287 events.

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