City · North Yorkshire

Ripon area guide

Who lives in Ripon, how they live, and how it compares on crime, schools and transport.

Council: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber
Population: 17,248 (2024)

RiponCity · North Yorkshire

At a glance

What Ripon is like

Ripon is a city in North Yorkshire in the Yorkshire and The Humber. It is home to about 17,248 people across 7,285 households. 65.1% of households own their home, 20.1% rent privately and 14.1% are in social housing. The largest age group is 50–54, and 56.3% of adults are in work. On deprivation, it sits near the middle of the scale for England. Higher-harm crime is well below the England and Wales average.

Scores

How Ripon compares

Headline figures for Ripon, set against England as a whole.

AffluenceMore

7.3/ 10

Around the middle. Scored from 1 (most deprived in England) to 10 (least deprived).

CrimeMore

4/ 10

Around the middle: 18.3 higher-harm crimes per 1,000 people a year vs 31.1 nationally.

TransportMore

3.0/ 10

Limited: 0 stations within a mile, 30 bus stops within 800m.

SchoolsMore

100%

Rated good or better across 6 inspected schools in Ripon.

Household incomeMore

£49,840

Average annual income before tax, higher than 41% of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

What stands out

Worth knowing before you invest

Where Ripon differs most from the national average.

01
An older population
24.8% of residents are 65 or over, against 18.4% across England.
02
Well-rated schoolsPositive
100% of the inspected schools nearby are rated good or better.

Questions

Ripon FAQs

Is Ripon a good place to live?

Deprivation, crime, schools and transport at a glance.

It scores 7.3 out of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 10 is the least deprived in England. Higher-harm crime runs at 18.3 per 1,000 people a year, band 4 of 10 nationally. 100% of the inspected schools nearby are rated good or better. Transport connectivity scores 3.0 out of 10 (limited).

Is Ripon safe?

How recorded crime here compares with the national average.

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.3 offences per 1,000 people a year around Ripon, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales, band 4 of 10.

Who lives in Ripon?

Age, home ownership and housing from the census.

The largest age group is 50–54, at 7.2% of residents. 65.1% of households own their home. The most common property type is semi-detached (30.2%).

Which council covers Ripon?

The local authority for Ripon is North Yorkshire.

Ripon comes under North Yorkshire in the Yorkshire and The Humber. Council tax, planning applications and bin collections are handled there.

How well connected is Ripon?

Connectivity scores 3.0 out of 10.

There are 30 bus stops within 800m and 0 stations and tram stops within a mile, scoring 3.0 out of 10 (limited).

Sources: Census 2021 (ONS); ONS mid-year population estimates; police recorded crime; the English, Welsh and Scottish indices of deprivation; ONS small area income estimates; ONS private rents; DfE, Welsh and Scottish school registers and Ofsted; DfT NaPTAN; ORR estimates of station usage. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.

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