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A village of 2,388 in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Safety is its strong suit — police record 10.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 2.7 home and vehicle crimes. Households here earn well (A−): the mean household earns £57,997 a year. Its lowest grade is for schools — primary results beat 40% of towns in England; secondary results beat 6% of towns in England. Buying the median home, at £298,750, takes 5.7 years of household income in the Selby council area. It lags on hazard risk as well — a fifth of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years. An overall grade needs 2,500 residents, so Riccall is graded subject by subject only.
ONS publishes one rent for all of North Yorkshire, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
The 3 things Riccall does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Riccall is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Riccall’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Riccall.
29 crimes and 4 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Riccall’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. For its size, Riccall records less crime per resident than 91% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people. There were 2.5 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below North Yorkshire’s towns (10.4) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. Violence and sexual offences made up nearly three fifths of the total.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 37.7, with 29% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. The town has one school, shown below. Key Stage 2 results at the 2 primary schools within 3 km: 60% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riccall Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 178 | C− |
There is no GP practice in Riccall: the nearest is 3.3 miles off. Life expectancy here is 84.4 for women and 83.2 for men (2019–23). The nearest A&E to Riccall is The York Hospital, 9.5 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Riccall | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.8% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
10% live in social housing, below North Yorkshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Private rents average £849 a month across the North Yorkshire council area. That is the middle of 100 standard sales inside Riccall’s built-up area over three years, against £277,000 in the typical UK town.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £410,000 | 51 |
| Semi-detached | £251,000 | 32 |
| Terraced | £250,000 | 11 |
| Flat or maisonette | £122,750 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 37% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 15% of commuters at the census. Working mainly from home: 37% of workers, above North Yorkshire’s towns (27%) and England’s towns (31%) alike. Among 16 to 64s, 1.4% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026. About 7% of its commuters stay in Riccall for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Riccall’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. Of the town’s land, 19% lies in conservation areas, higher than both North Yorkshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (7%). It has one scheduled monument.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, above North Yorkshire’s towns (22%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. The median resident of Riccall is 47.7 years old. Among adults, 38% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Riccall | North Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 38% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · North Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riccall | 2,388 | — | — | C | A+ | A− |
| Barlby | 3,499 | 2.3 | B | B+ | B− | A− |
| Cawood | 1,501 | 2.9 | — | D | A | A |
| Selby | 19,480 | 3.6 | C− | A− | D | C− |
| North Duffield | 1,305 | 4 | — | B− | A+ | A− |
| Brayton | 4,092 | 4.6 | B+ | C+ | A | B |
| Thorpe Willoughby | 3,482 | 4.9 | A− | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Hemingbrough | 1,874 | 5.7 | — | B− | A− | B− |
Cawood, North Duffield and Hemingbrough have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
GCSE results trail 94% of towns in England, and primary results trail 60% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by North Yorkshire council.
Village in North Yorkshire, England
Riccall is a built-up area of 2,388 people, in the Selby council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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