YO26 7QH Guide - Crime Rate, Schools & Area Review

YO26 7QH is a postcode in Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near YO26 7QH, then scores the surrounding small area 62/100 - top 34% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around YO26 7QH are health and local prosperity, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for YO26 7QH is based on Harrogate 016 Census 2021. It covers 9,377 residents, 55 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 45, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 76% owner-occupied, 14% privately rented, 8% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 7/10.

For property prices near YO26 7QH, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the YO26 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £325k from 29 rolling sales, up 10.2% month-on-month. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near YO26 7QH by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near YO26 7QH; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.