YO21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Whitby, Castle Park and West Cliff, in North Yorkshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an YO21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In YO21, 65.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How YO21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is YO21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO21 at a rate of 88.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across YO.
In August 2026 alone, 164 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (465), anti-social behaviour (282) and other crime (148).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO21 was 90.3 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in YO21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO21 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in YO21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarborough 001A | 1,306 | 57.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.2% |
| Scarborough 001B | 1,931 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.3% |
| Scarborough 001E | 1,558 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.7% |
| Scarborough 001F | 2,111 | 288.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.6% |
| Scarborough 002A | 1,887 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 4.9% |
| Scarborough 002B | 1,381 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 4.5% |
| Scarborough 002D | 1,285 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 12.7% |
| Scarborough 003A | 1,583 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.9% |
| Scarborough 003C | 1,159 | 349.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.2% |
MPs for YO21
- Alison HumeLabourMP for Scarborough and Whitby98% of YO21’s postcodes
- Rishi SunakConservativeMP for Richmond and Northallerton2.2% of YO21’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in YO213
Postcode sectors in YO214
Council1
Towns in YO211
Postcode districts next to YO217
Nearest rail stations3
More in the YO postcode area2
YO21 in brief
YO21 is a postcode district covering Whitby, Castle Park and West Cliff, in North Yorkshire.
About 13,792 people lived in YO21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £266,500 in 2025 across 220 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 88.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in YO21 was £266,500 in 2025.
YO21 had 13,761 usual residents at the census.
In YO21, 65.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In YO21, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.