Helmsley & Ampleforth

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,126 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,973 of 6,856 in England
  • #254 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #50 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,098
Median age (est.)53
Density20per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above38%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 10%25–44 17%45–64 30%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 10%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 6%Other: 20%
One person 30%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 6%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 20% · Managers & directors 18% · Professional 17%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades20%
Managers & directors18%
Professional17%
Associate professional10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 64% · No religion 29% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Helmsley & Ampleforth is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,973 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #50 of 77 in North Yorkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (99) but weak on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here sold for about £372,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 108 sales), 38% above the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,411 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 26 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 79 · #1,465
Employment 78 · #1,486
Education 66 · #2,308
Health 88 · #786
Crime 99 · #60
Housing & access 4 · #6,572
Living environment 8 · #6,270

House prices ?

£372,000median (12m) · +6.3% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£372,000108+6.3%+11.0%
Detached£500,00053+5.9%+22.0%
Semi-detached£255,00020-15.0%-22.7%
Terraced£305,00026-12.9%+24.5%
Flat£180,0009+13.2%
This area£372,000
North Yorkshire£270,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£37,411±£5,313 · #4,233 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,444
Price-to-income ?9.9×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

26 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 182 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #189 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences86
Theft26
Burglary8
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons20
Drugs5
Robbery1
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 54 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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