YO90 postcode area guide — York
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the YO90 postcode district in York — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in YO90
Limited coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
0%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the YO90 postcode district (York) is Limited — fixed broadband speeds are below the UK average here. Across the 1 postcodes Ofcom measures in YO90, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 0% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 0%.
Around 0% of premises in YO90 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 YO90
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| YO90 1WR | 0% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around York
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider York district (97,921 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
95.2%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
87.7%
Voice indoors — all networks
96.9%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in YO90
Police recorded 716 incidents within about a mile of the centre of YO90 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 222 | 31.0% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 172 | 24.0% |
| Shoplifting | 117 | 16.3% |
| Public order | 43 | 6.0% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 38 | 5.3% |
| Other theft | 31 | 4.3% |
| Bicycle theft | 25 | 3.5% |
| Drugs | 18 | 2.5% |
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).
Who lives here? York demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider York district (202,821 residents, 85,458 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15.2% |
| 15–29 | 29.3% |
| 30–44 | 17.9% |
| 45–64 | 18.5% |
| 65+ | 19.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 65.1% |
| Private rented | 20.1% |
| Social rented | 5.6% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around YO90
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bootham School | Not applicable | 2–19 | 587 | YO30 7BU |
| St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 168 | YO24 4BJ |
| St Paul's Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 51 | YO24 4BD |
| St Peter's School 2-18 | Not applicable | 2–18 | 1,277 | YO30 6AB |
| Scarcroft Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 347 | YO23 1BS |
| The Mount School (York) | Not applicable | 2–18 | 223 | YO24 4DD |
| Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 76 | YO26 4YZ |
| All Saints Catholic School York | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,392 | YO24 1BJ |
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 YO90
1 rated food businesses operate in YO90. 1 hold the top rating of 5, 0 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Starbucks (within Malmaison Hotel).
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for York
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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.