Acomb

York · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 10,488 · 6 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,540 of 6,856 in England
  • #116 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #16 of 24 in York
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,292
Median age (est.)43
Density3,854per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above34%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 13%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Acomb is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,540 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 24 in York. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (94) and lowest on Education (51). Typical homes here sold for about £305,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 131 sales), in line with the wider York median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,224 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 64 · #2,493
Employment 73 · #1,876
Education 51 · #3,336
Health 61 · #2,699
Crime 74 · #1,767
Housing & access 94 · #416
Living environment 77 · #1,582

House prices ?

£305,000median (12m) · -0.7% yr · n=131
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£305,000131-0.7%+24.4%
Detached£365,00019+11.5%+1.4%
Semi-detached£305,00074-3.9%+25.0%
Terraced£277,50028-1.8%+12.1%
Flat£164,50010+0.3%+6.1%
This area£305,000
York£300,000
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)£40,224±£5,645 · #3,356 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,911
Price-to-income ?7.6×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 332 offences
York69
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #532 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences170
Theft47
Burglary21
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons28
Drugs7
Robbery1
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 121 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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