YO8 5SQ

Cawood & Escrick · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Selby
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Selby
Postcode district
YO8
Postcode sector
YO8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO8 5DP 72 m
YO8 5DJ 97 m
YO8 5DL 100 m
YO8 5SD 182 m
YO8 5TA 299 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO8 5SQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO8
Postcode sector
YO8 5
Latitude
53.838738
Longitude
-0.997076
British National Grid easting
466,094
British National Grid northing
438,518

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007767
Westminster constituency
Selby · E14001464
Output area
E00142149
Lower layer super output area
Selby 003C · E01027900
Middle layer super output area
Selby 003 · E02005811

Postcode source versions

Explore YO8

44 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lindisfarne, Skipwith, Selby, YO8 5SQ 28 November 2025 £535,000
Blue Bell House, Skipwith, Selby, YO8 5SQ 8 May 2025 £640,000
North House Farmhouse, Skipwith, Selby, YO8 5SQ 31 January 2024 £795,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
1
  1. North Duffield Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.7 km
  2. Riccall Community Primary School

    Community school

    4.3 km
  3. Barlby High School

    Academy converter

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
96

50 female, 46 male

Postcode households
38
Residents per household
2.5
YO8 5 residents
7,178

Age bands in YO8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

1,178 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

704 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.1%

1,866 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,056 residents

Age 65 and over
18.9%

1,350 residents

This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO8 5 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
34.7%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Village Green

    BCT · Skipwith

    0.2 miles
  • Village Green

    BCT · Skipwith

    0.2 miles
  • Bonby Lane Cottage

    BCT · Skipwith

    0.6 miles
  • Bonby Lane Cottage

    BCT · Skipwith

    0.6 miles
  • Plantation House

    BCT · Skipwith

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Selby 003C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,547 of 33,755

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

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
2
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
7
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 £477,500 from 8 recorded sales in YO8 5SQ. 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

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. North Duffield Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 2 events.

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