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Is Hull a good place to live? 2026 area guide

Yorkshire & the Humber / Kingston upon Hull·Last updated:

Typical sold price
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Crime (latest month)
632/mo
Flood risk
Zone 3
Rental yield
—

Is Hull a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, 632 recorded crimes a month, flood risk is Zone 3. Hull, a low-cost East Yorkshire city market. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Hull's 1 postcode area (HU1); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.

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A summary of each metric for Hull, fused across its postcode areas from official UK data. Follow any card to the full breakdown, sources and the per-address checks.

Typical sold price—

We did not return a confident recent-sales sample for Hull on the last refresh — open a sold-prices page to search a specific address.

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Crime (latest month)632/mo

data.police.uk recorded 632 crimes in the latest month across Hull's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Hull has safer and busier streets — check the exact address.

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Flood riskZone 3

At least one part of Hull falls in EA Flood Zone 3 (a higher-risk zone). Flood risk varies street by street, so check the exact address before you offer.

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Rental yield—

An indicative yield needs both an ONS mean rent and a median sold price; not available for Hull on the last refresh.

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Where a metric shows “—” we did not return a confident figure for Hull on the last data refresh; we never fabricate a figure.

What are house prices like in Hull?

We did not return a confident recent-sales sample for Hull on the last refresh — open a sold-prices page to search a specific address.

Is Hull a safe place to live?

data.police.uk recorded 632 crimes in the latest month across Hull's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Hull has safer and busier streets — check the exact address.

Is Hull at risk of flooding?

At least one part of Hull falls in EA Flood Zone 3 (a higher-risk zone). Flood risk varies street by street, so check the exact address before you offer.

What are the EPC ratings like in Hull?

Across Hull the modal EPC band is D, with 21.7% of sampled certificates at band C or above, based on the public MHCLG EPC register sampled across the town's postcodes.

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B

—

C

21.7%

D

43.5%

E

17.4%

F

17.4%

G

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What are the schools and transport like in Hull?

School catchments and transport links vary street by street within Hull. A full HouseCheckup property report shows the catchment-area schools for any address with their Ofsted history, plus the nearest stations and broadband speeds drawn from NaPTAN and Ofcom data. Search an address below for the property-level picture.

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Frequently asked questions about Hull

Is Hull a good place to live?

Is Hull a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, 632 recorded crimes a month, flood risk is Zone 3. Hull, a low-cost East Yorkshire city market. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Hull's 1 postcode area (HU1); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.

What is the average house price in Hull?

We did not return a confident recent-sales sample for Hull on the last refresh. Search a specific address for its HM Land Registry sale history.

Is Hull a safe place to live, and is it at flood risk?

data.police.uk recorded 632 crimes in the latest month across Hull's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Hull has safer and busier streets — check the exact address. At least one part of Hull falls in EA Flood Zone 3 (a higher-risk zone). Flood risk varies street by street, so check the exact address before you offer. Both are area-level screens — risk varies street by street, so check the exact address with the HouseCheckup tools.

What rental yield does Hull achieve?

We could not compute an indicative gross yield for Hull on the last refresh — it needs both an ONS mean rent and an HM Land Registry median price.

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Rent data: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), April 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Flood data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026 (OGL v3.0). Flood Re eligibility based on floodre.co.uk criteria — indicative only; insurers make final decisions. Contains Mining Remediation Authority data © Mining Remediation Authority, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026 (GeoClimate UKCP18 Open). Indicative Atlas of Radon — © Crown copyright UKHSA; contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI. Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses. Energy Performance of Buildings Data: England and Wales — MHCLG, OGL v3.0