Is Kingston upon Hull a good place to live?

Kingston upon Hull has 270,816 residents, 18% of them in neighbourhoods in England's better-off half, 94% of its inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and recorded crime (5.1 per 1,000 a month) is below the median English town of its size (9.8). Whether it is a good place to live depends on the street: the NestScope area report scores any Kingston upon Hull postcode.

Is Kingston upon Hull safe?

Kingston upon Hull recorded 5.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a month inside the town boundary over 2026-06 to 2026-08 (police.uk), against 9.8 for the median English town of this size. The largest category was violent.

How many people live in Kingston upon Hull?

270,816 people live in Kingston upon Hull (Census 2021, ONS built-up area), across 72.5 km² — about 3,735 per km².

What are the schools like in Kingston upon Hull?

There are 109 schools inside Kingston upon Hull; 94% of those inspected are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The top-rated include St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy, Ron Dearing UTC and Northcott School and Sixth Form College.

Where is Kingston upon Hull?

Kingston upon Hull is a town in Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England, served by Hull Ferry Terminal and Hull railway stations.

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Living in Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull is a town in Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England. This guide describes it as one place — who lives there, what sits inside its boundary and how safe it is — from official UK data. For any single street, the NestScope area report covers every Kingston upon Hull postcode.

Kingston upon Hull is a town of 270,816 people at 3,735 per km², where 18% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England's better-off half. 81 of its 86 inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and it recorded 5.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a month.

Lower crime than most towns
Mostly good schools
2 railway stations
Parks
Densely built
More deprived than most towns

270,816Kingston upon Hull population

3,735people per km²

18%live in England's better-off half

5.1crimes per 1,000 a month

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schools stations parks72.5 km² · ONS built-up area boundary

01 — What's in Kingston upon Hull

What's in Kingston upon Hull: schools, GPs, stations, parks and shops

Counted inside the town boundary. A school or station two streets past it belongs to the next place.

●Schools94% of inspected rated Good or Outstanding109

●GP practices · hospitals59 pharmacies, 40 dentists58 · 3

●Rail stations · bus stopsHull Ferry Terminal, Hull2 · 1196

●Parks & playing fields445.1 ha — (·· ha), (·· ha), (·· ha)122

●Supermarkets91

●Libraries13

02 — Schools in Kingston upon Hull

Best-rated schools in Kingston upon Hull

1St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic AcademySecondaryOutstanding 2Ron Dearing UTCSecondaryOutstanding 3Northcott School and Sixth Form CollegeOtherOutstanding 4Christopher Pickering Primary SchoolPrimaryOutstanding 5Clifton Primary SchoolPrimaryOutstanding

Ranked by Ofsted grade. All 109 schools → Schools in Kingston upon Hull

03 — Kingston upon Hull crime rate

Kingston upon Hull crime rate

5.1crimes per 1,000 residents a month inside the town boundary · 2026-06 to 2026-08

Fewer than the median English town of this size (9.8) · 1,394 recorded crimes a month in all

Violent

ASB

Shoplifting

Public order

Vehicle

Burglary

England median for a town of this size · full bar = 10 per 1,000 a month · police.uk street-level data

04 — Questions about Kingston upon Hull

Is Kingston upon Hull a good place to live?: Kingston upon Hull has 270,816 residents, 18% of them in neighbourhoods in England's better-off half, 94% of its inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and recorded crime (5.1 per 1,000 a month) is below the median English town of its size (9.8). Whether it is a good place to live depends on the street: the NestScope area report scores any Kingston upon Hull postcode.
Is Kingston upon Hull safe?: Kingston upon Hull recorded 5.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a month inside the town boundary over 2026-06 to 2026-08 (police.uk), against 9.8 for the median English town of this size. The largest category was violent.
How many people live in Kingston upon Hull?: 270,816 people live in Kingston upon Hull (Census 2021, ONS built-up area), across 72.5 km² — about 3,735 per km².
What are the schools like in Kingston upon Hull?: There are 109 schools inside Kingston upon Hull; 94% of those inspected are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The top-rated include St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy, Ron Dearing UTC and Northcott School and Sixth Form College.
Where is Kingston upon Hull?: Kingston upon Hull is a town in Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England, served by Hull Ferry Terminal and Hull railway stations.

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This page is NestScope's guide to Kingston upon Hull as a whole town, built from the same official sources as the area reports: the ONS boundary of the built-up area, Census 2021, the English Indices of Deprivation, police.uk recorded crime and the Department for Education's school register. Counts are of what sits inside the boundary; crime is a three-month average. It is updated as those sources publish.

Sources — ONS built-up areas 2022, Output Area lookups and Census 2021 (OGL v3.0) · English Indices of Deprivation 2019, carried onto 2021 LSOAs · police.uk street-level crime, the town boundary passed as the query polygon · DfE GIAS + Ofsted, NHS ODS, NaPTAN, OS Open Greenspace, Geolytix, Arts Council — every point counted by which 2021 neighbourhood it falls in.