York property guide

A walled cathedral city where period stock trades at a Yorkshire premium.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for York, York. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of June 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Fast trains reach London King's Cross in under two hours and Leeds in about 25 minutes.

Median sale price (12m)

£300,000

Sales registered (12m)

2,121

Open schools

55

About York

York's market centres on the walled city, with Victorian terraces around Bishopthorpe Road and South Bank and period stock off Bootham. Much of the centre sits in conservation areas, which keeps supply tight.

Two universities, rail employment and tourism underpin the economy. Prices sit well above the Yorkshire average and closer to southern cities.

House prices in York

The median sale price in York over the last 12 months was £300,000, across 2,121 recorded transactions. That is 1.6% lower than the previous 12 months.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in York, accounting for 621 of the period's sales at a median of £275,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£415,000	600
Semi-detached	£286,250	607
Terraced	£275,000	621
Flat	£186,000	251
Other	£475,000	42

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Schools in York

York has 55 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 34 primary, 8 secondary and 11 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to York centre

School	Postcode	Distance
All Saints Catholic School York	YO24 1BJ	1.7 km
Millthorpe School	YO23 1WF	1.8 km
Vale of York Academy	YO30 6ZS	1.8 km
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy	YO10 5ZA	3 km
Huntington School	YO32 9WT	3 km

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Crime in York

In York, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (26.8%), anti-social behaviour (25.0%) and criminal damage and arson (9.1%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	26.8%
Anti-social behaviour	25.0%
Criminal damage and arson	9.1%
Shoplifting	6.7%
Public order	6.1%

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Postcode districts in York

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the York boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
	12,286
YO1	12,286
YO10	12,286
YO19	12,286
YO23	12,286

Frequently asked questions about York

The median sale price in York over the last 12 months was £300,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 55 open schools listed in the DfE register within the York area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in York over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 12,286 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

More York property data

York sold prices

Trends, recent sales, top streets

Crime in York

By category and postcode district

Schools in York

Primary, secondary and sixth-form

Planning applications near York

Extensions, new homes and commercial schemes shape an area's prices before they reach the sold data. PlanIndex indexes applications from York, with decisions and approval rates.

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