# YO22 Postcode district covering Fishburn Park, Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay, in North Yorkshire. YO22 is a postcode district covering Fishburn Park, Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay, in North Yorkshire. Median sale price £279,950 in 2025. Postcode district. Code YO22. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [YO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo) 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 YO22 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population) ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £279,950** (2025). The median price paid for a home in YO22 was £279,950 in 2025. Joint 987th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo22#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 8,578** (2021). YO22 had 8,578 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 645th 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo22#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 41%** (2022). About 41% of people in YO22 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo22#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 63.2%** (January 2026). In YO22, 63.2% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo22#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=YO22) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 41% of people in YO22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=YO22) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 153 homes were sold in YO22 in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=YO22) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for YO22. - [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=YO22) (Census 2021, England and Wales): YO22 had 8,578 usual residents at the census. ## How YO22 compares Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers. | Measure | YO22 | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £279,950 | 12th cheapest | 29 postcode districts, YO · 2025 | | Population | 8,578 | 4th least populated | 29 postcode districts, YO · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 41% | 10th most people in radon Affected Areas | 29 postcode districts, YO · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 63.2% | lowest | 29 postcode districts, YO · Jan 2026 | ## Is YO22 safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO22 at a rate of 65.2 per 1,000 people. That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across the YO postcode area. In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO22. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (229), anti-social behaviour (140) and other crime (80). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO22 was 70.6 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 YO22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO22 has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in YO22 | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Scarborough 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027864) | 1,418 | 92.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.1% | | [Scarborough 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027866) | 2,066 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.6% | | [Scarborough 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027821) | 1,422 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 34.1% | | [Scarborough 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027823) | 1,399 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.0% | | [Scarborough 004G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034973) | 1,947 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 46.1% | ## 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. ## Middle areas in YO22 [Burniston, Sleights & Fylingdales](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/burniston-sleights-and-fylingdales) ## Postcode sectors in YO22 [YO22 4 (286 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo22-4), [YO22 5 (157 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo22-5) ## Council [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) ## Towns in YO22 [Whitby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitby) ## Postcode districts next to YO22 [YO13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo13), [YO18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo18), [YO21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo21) ## Nearest rail stations [Sleights (5.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.6625,54.4611), [Ruswarp (5.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.6278,54.4702) ## More in the YO postcode area [All YO postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) ## YO22 in brief YO22 is a postcode district covering Fishburn Park, Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay, in North Yorkshire. About 8,559 people lived in YO22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £279,950 in 2025 across 153 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in YO22 was £279,950 in 2025. YO22 had 8,578 usual residents at the census. About 41% of people in YO22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In YO22, 63.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Postcode district - Code: YO22 - Postcode area: [YO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo) - Constituency: [Scarborough and Whitby †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/scarborough-and-whitby) - Council: [North Yorkshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) - Area: 154 km² - People, mid-2024: 8,559* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 31 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [YO21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo21), [YO13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo13), [YO18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo18) ## Latest updates for YO22 - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/YO22 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo22, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo22#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.11. 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