# YO12 5ER: area report for a postcode in North Yorkshire

YO12 5ER is a postcode in North Yorkshire.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of North Yorkshire. Open the map at YO12 5ER for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) › [YO12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo12) › [YO12 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo12-5)

## Around this postcode

- **76 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 36% on July. Scarborough 008E: 228 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER
- **Scarborough, 570 m**: About 7 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 200 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER
- **No property in YO12 5ER listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Scarborough 008E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER
- **£270,463 average price**: For the whole of North Yorkshire, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 320 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER
- **9 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 100 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at YO12 5ER**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER
- **Low road and rail noise at YO12 5ER**: Road 52 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER
- **5.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Gladstone Road Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gladstone-road-primary-school-e121319) | Primary | 200 m (2 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2023 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Childhaven Community Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/childhaven-community-nursery-school-e121267) | Nursery | 290 m (4 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, June 2024 | – |
| [Westwood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/westwood-academy-e152558) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 560 m (7 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed | – |
| [Scarborough University Technical College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/scarborough-university-technical-college-e142884) | Secondary | 720 m (9 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | Attainment 8 of 49.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-augustines-catholic-school-a-catholic-voluntary-academy-e147212) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | Attainment 8 of 43.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Scarborough Sixth Form College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/scarborough-sixth-form-college-e130593) | Sixth form and further education | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Springhead School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/springhead-school-e121772) | Special | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, June 2023 | – |
| [Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thomas-hinderwell-primary-academy-e140018) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £55,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| May 2026 | £127,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 20 m |
| March 2025 | £185,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| April 2026 | £73,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| October 2024 | £123,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| July 2026 | £175,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| September 2025 | £84,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| February 2025 | £150,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Scarborough (570 m, 7 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: HAXBY GROUP SCARBOROUGH (320 m); BROOK SQUARE SURGERY (480 m); CASTLE HEALTH CENTRE (760 m)
- Pharmacies: SQUIRE JG LTD (200 m); COHENS CHEMIST (320 m); ASTON PHARMACY (440 m); BOOTS (800 m); ABERDEEN WALK PHARMACY (860 m)
- Dental practices: APPLE TREE DENTAL SURGERY (220 m); SCARBOROUGH DENTAL & IMPLANT CLINIC (220 m); FALSGRAVE ROAD (220 m); DENTAL SURGERY (250 m); NORTHWAY CLINIC (500 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Scarborough (100 m, Sainsburys); Spar - Falsgrave Road (180 m, Spar); Budgens Falsgrave Road (200 m, Budgens); Morrisons Daily Scarborough Westwood Road (490 m, Morrisons); Tesco Scarborough Superstore (600 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £270,463** (July 2026). North Yorkshire’s average house price was £270,463 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.5% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,783** (2025). Full-time workers living in North Yorkshire earned a median of £36,783 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 116th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.4×** (2025). A home in North Yorkshire costs 7.4 times local full-time pay. Joint 167th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 15.8** (2025). North Yorkshire has a deprivation score of 15.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 108th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Scarborough 008E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 30.2** (2025). Scarborough 008E has a deprivation score of 30.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,159th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £126,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Scarborough 008E was £126,500 in 2025. Joint 1,161st cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,540** (2021). Scarborough 008E had 1,540 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,331st most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.2%** (January 2026). In Scarborough 008E, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## YO12 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £179,995** (2025). The median price paid for a home in YO12 was £179,995 in 2025. 238th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 39,473** (2021). YO12 had 39,473 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 478th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 50%** (2022). About 50% of people in YO12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.3%** (January 2026). In YO12, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)
- Centre: 54.2785, -0.4142

Council: [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Scarborough and Whitby](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/scarborough-and-whitby): Alison Hume (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.4142,54.2785,YO125ER

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