York City Centre

York · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 11,432 · 7 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,289 of 6,856 in England
  • #361 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #22 of 24 in York
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,347
Median age (est.)32
Density4,484per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above50%
No car or van52%

Age

0–14 8%15–24 27%25–44 32%45–64 20%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 13%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 45%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 13%Social rent 24%Private rent 45%

Households

One person: 52%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 8%Lone parent: 6%Other: 14%
One person 52%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 8%Lone parent 6%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 14%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional14%
Elementary14%
Managers & directors12%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 85%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 53% · Christian 34% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

York City Centre is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,289 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 24 in York. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (74) but weak on Crime (10). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+8%) (from 137 sales), 7% below the wider York median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,719 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 374 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 54 · #3,145
Employment 48 · #3,556
Education 52 · #3,316
Health 22 · #5,352
Crime 10 · #6,174
Housing & access 74 · #1,801
Living environment 17 · #5,715

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · -14.5% yr · n=137
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,000137-14.5%+7.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£359,00054-5.5%-10.2%
Flat£215,50077-11.1%-0.9%
This area£280,000
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)£38,719±£5,800 · #3,795 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,548
Price-to-income ?7.2×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 ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

374 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 4,276 offences
York69
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #6,381 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,815
Theft1,400
Burglary129
Vehicle crime98
Criminal damage & arson242
Public order & weapons356
Drugs122
Robbery92
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 1,515 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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