YO18 postcode area guide — North Yorkshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the YO18 postcode district in North Yorkshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in YO18
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
75.9%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
53.9%
Gigabit-capable
53.9%
Below USO (10Mb)
5.8%
Broadband availability in the YO18 postcode district (North Yorkshire) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 429 postcodes Ofcom measures in YO18, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 75.9% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 53.9%.
Around 5.8% of premises in YO18 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in YO18
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| YO18 7AA | 93.9% | 0% |
| YO18 7AE | 96.3% | 1.9% |
| YO18 7AG | 100% | 100% |
| YO18 7AH | 100% | 100% |
| YO18 7AJ | 100% | 100% |
| YO18 7AL | 100% | 47.6% |
| YO18 7AN | 100% | 100% |
| YO18 7AP | 100% | 100% |
| YO18 7AR | 100% | 100% |
| YO18 7AS | 100% | 92.9% |
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Mobile signal around North Yorkshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider North Yorkshire district (328,924 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
80.3%
4G outdoors — all networks
97.2%
5G outdoors — all networks
22.1%
Voice indoors — all networks
84%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in YO18
Police recorded 10 incidents within about a mile of the centre of YO18 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 6 | 60.0% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 2 | 20.0% |
| Weapons possession | 1 | 10.0% |
| Public order | 1 | 10.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in YO18
Based on 139 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in YO18 is £255,000, down 14.7% on the previous year (£299,000).
Detached
£355,000
54 sales
Semi-detached
£240,000
26 sales
Terraced
£213,500
43 sales
Flat / maisonette
£150,000
9 sales
Latest recorded sales in YO18
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £199,000 | Detached | Farmanby Close | YO18 7TD |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £550,000 | Detached | YO18 8PA | |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £265,000 | Detached | Otter Drive | YO18 8TQ |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £320,000 | Terraced | Westgate | YO18 8AU |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £310,000 | Detached | Farmanby Close | YO18 7TD |
| 10 Apr 2026 | £250,000 | Terraced | Hill Cottages | YO18 8RG |
| 10 Apr 2026 | £190,000 | Semi-detached | Woodlands Park | YO18 7AH |
| 7 Apr 2026 | £272,000 | Detached | Costa Way | YO18 8LY |
| 2 Apr 2026 | £435,000 | Semi-detached | Pickering Road | YO18 7LH |
| 2 Apr 2026 | £435,000 | Detached | Derwent Road | YO18 7UA |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? North Yorkshire demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider North Yorkshire district (615,491 residents, 274,381 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.1% |
| 15–29 | 18.9% |
| 30–44 | 17% |
| 45–64 | 23% |
| 65+ | 25% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 68.6% |
| Private rented | 18.7% |
| Social rented | 7.9% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around YO18
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Lumley's Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 676 | YO18 8NG |
| Pickering Community Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 197 | YO18 7AT |
| Pickering Community Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 184 | YO18 8AJ |
| Thornton Dale CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 146 | YO18 7TW |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | Primary | 3–11 | 84 | YO18 8AR |
| Rosedale Abbey Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 15 | YO18 8SA |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in YO18
132 rated food businesses operate in YO18. 101 hold the top rating of 5, 16 are rated 4, and 4 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 17 Burgate House B&B, A Dunning Butchers, Abbey Stores & Tearoom, Alba Rose Care Home, Balderson's Ice Cream Parlour.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in YO18
From a sample of 134 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 YO18 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 31% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
4%
Band C
26%
Band D
32%
Band E
19%
Band F
14%
Band G
4%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for North Yorkshire
Landlines around YO18 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.