Leeming, Pickhill & Thornton

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,480 · 3 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,157 of 6,856 in England
  • #170 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #32 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,329
Median age (est.)46
Density43per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above37%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 11%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 6%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 26%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 5%Other: 18%
One person 23%Couple, no children 26%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 5%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 17% · Professional 17%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional17%
Professional17%
Administrative14%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
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 59% · No religion 34% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Leeming, Pickhill & Thornton is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,157 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #32 of 77 in North Yorkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (100) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £360,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 57 sales), 33% above the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,889 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 21 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 95 · #368
Employment 95 · #341
Education 85 · #1,013
Health 94 · #423
Crime 100 · #1
Housing & access 2 · #6,730
Living environment 13 · #5,969

House prices ?

£360,000median (12m) · -5.8% yr · n=57
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£360,00057-5.8%+10.4%
Detached£540,00030+3.2%+44.8%
Semi-detached£295,00015+2.8%+18.0%
Terraced£216,22512-1.7%+19.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£360,000
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)£44,889±£6,390 · #2,108 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,559
Price-to-income ?8.0×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

21 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 135 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #40 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences87
Theft13
Burglary5
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson10
Public order & weapons7
Drugs5
Robbery0
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 24 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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