# YO21 1LH: area report for a postcode in North Yorkshire

YO21 1LH 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 YO21 1LH for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) › [YO21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo21) › [YO21 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo21-1)

## Around this postcode

- **9 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 31% on July. Scarborough 003A: 36 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH
- **Whitby, 1.1 km**: About 14 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 400 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH
- **No property in YO21 1LH 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=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Scarborough 003A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH
- **£270,463 average price**: For the whole of North Yorkshire, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 770 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 290 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at YO21 1LH**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH
- **Low road and rail noise at YO21 1LH**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH
- **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=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH
- **3.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Stakesby Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stakesby-primary-academy-e146112) | Primary | 400 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Whitby School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitby-school-e121667) | Secondary | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), November 2023 | Attainment 8 of 39.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Airy Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/airy-hill-primary-school-e144679) | Primary | 920 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2022 | 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [West Cliff Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-cliff-primary-school-e144681) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2022 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ruswarp-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-primary-school-e121525) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [East Whitby Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/east-whitby-primary-academy-e143290) | Primary | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2026 | £375,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| March 2025 | £283,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 30 m |
| October 2025 | £367,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 40 m |
| December 2024 | £248,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| April 2025 | £330,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| September 2025 | £365,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| May 2024 | £495,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| January 2025 | £215,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: WHITBY GROUP PRACTICE (770 m)
- Pharmacies: ALLIED PHARMACY (770 m)
- Dental practices: WHITBY HOSPITAL (900 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Four Lane Ends (290 m, Spar); Lidl Whitby (640 m, Lidl); Spar - Stakesby (730 m, Spar)

## 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 003A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 8.5** (2025). Scarborough 003A has a deprivation score of 8.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,854th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £291,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Scarborough 003A was £291,500 in 2025. Joint 15,505th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,583** (2021). Scarborough 003A had 1,583 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,035th 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: 90.9%** (January 2026). In Scarborough 003A, 90.9% 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.

## YO21 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £266,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in YO21 was £266,500 in 2025. 877th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 13,761** (2021). YO21 had 13,761 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 937th least 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: 31%** (2022). About 31% of people in YO21 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: 65.7%** (January 2026). In YO21, 65.7% 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: 54.4807, -0.6309

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=-0.6309,54.4807,YO211LH

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