# Scarborough

Town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Scarborough is a town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £175,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 166.4 per 1,000 people.

Town. Code E63000425. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)

Scarborough is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Scarborough add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £175,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Scarborough was £175,000 in 2025. Joint 126th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/scarborough#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 59,505** (2021). Scarborough had 59,505 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 182nd most populated of 1,209. 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/town/scarborough#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 65%** (2022). About 65% of people in Scarborough 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/town/scarborough#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.7%** (January 2026). In Scarborough, 91.7% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/scarborough#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000425) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 65% of people in Scarborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000425) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,032 homes were sold in Scarborough in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000425) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Scarborough.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000425) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Scarborough had 59,505 usual residents at the census.

## How Scarborough compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Scarborough | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £175,000 | joint 29th cheapest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 59,505 | 16th most populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 65% | 33rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.7% | 22nd lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is Scarborough safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Scarborough at a rate of 166.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 863 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Scarborough.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,645), anti-social behaviour (2,794) and other crime (1,257).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Scarborough was 151.4 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 Scarborough, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Scarborough has no single figure. Of its 38 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Scarborough

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Scarborough 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027842) | 1,624 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Scarborough 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027843) | 1,485 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Scarborough 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027844) | 1,493 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Scarborough 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027845) | 1,684 | 113.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [Scarborough 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027855) | 1,856 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| [Scarborough 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027805) | 1,271 | 361.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.6% |
| [Scarborough 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027806) | 1,670 | 1,132.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 66.1% |
| [Scarborough 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027847) | 1,714 | 224.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.2% |
| [Scarborough 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034974) | 2,751 | 127.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.2% |
| [Scarborough 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027849) | 1,135 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.6% |
| [Scarborough 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027850) | 1,276 | 108.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Scarborough 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027872) | 1,369 | 107.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Scarborough 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027874) | 1,787 | 106.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| [Scarborough 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027810) | 1,526 | 87.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| [Scarborough 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027811) | 1,501 | 191.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| [Scarborough 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027812) | 1,763 | 198.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| [Scarborough 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027851) | 1,435 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Scarborough 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027862) | 1,540 | 227.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| [Scarborough 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027824) | 1,528 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.5% |
| [Scarborough 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027825) | 2,155 | 160.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.7% |
| [Scarborough 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027826) | 1,396 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% |
| [Scarborough 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027861) | 1,361 | 136.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.3% |
| [Scarborough 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027863) | 1,366 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| [Scarborough 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027873) | 1,393 | 138.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.9% |
| [Scarborough 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027804) | 1,466 | 841.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 67.2% |
| [Scarborough 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027852) | 1,499 | 350.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.7% |
| [Scarborough 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027853) | 1,119 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.7% |
| [Scarborough 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027854) | 1,310 | 130.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 76.7% |
| [Scarborough 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027868) | 2,228 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.5% |
| [Scarborough 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027807) | 1,531 | 116.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.3% |
| [Scarborough 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027808) | 1,616 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| [Scarborough 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027809) | 1,220 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| [Scarborough 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027818) | 1,913 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.2% |
| [Scarborough 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027867) | 1,404 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| [Scarborough 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027817) | 1,457 | 242.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.1% |
| [Scarborough 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027819) | 2,343 | 165.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| [Scarborough 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027820) | 1,466 | 117.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.8% |
| [Scarborough 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027858) | 1,339 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |

## 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.

## Council

[North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)

## Postcode districts covering Scarborough

[YO11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo11), [YO12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo12), [YO13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo13)

## Middle areas in Scarborough

[Barrowcliff & Northstead](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/barrowcliff-and-northstead), [Eastfield, Crossgates & Seamer](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/eastfield-crossgates-and-seamer), [Falsgrave](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/falsgrave), [Newby & Scalby](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/newby-and-scalby), [Ramshill & South Cliff](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/ramshill-and-south-cliff), [Scarborough Central](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/scarborough-central), [Scarborough Town & North Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/scarborough-town-and-north-bay), [Wheatcroft & Cayton](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/wheatcroft-and-cayton)

## Towns near Scarborough

[Bridlington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bridlington), [Whitby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitby), [Driffield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/driffield), [Norton-on-Derwent](https://openindex.co.uk/town/norton-on-derwent)

## Scarborough in brief

Scarborough is a town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 60,895 people lived in Scarborough in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £175,000 in 2025 across 1,032 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 166.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Scarborough was £175,000 in 2025.
Scarborough had 59,505 usual residents at the census.
About 65% of people in Scarborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Scarborough, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000425
- Constituency: [Scarborough and Whitby †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/scarborough-and-whitby)
- Council: [North Yorkshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)
- Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 15.16 km²
- People, mid-2024: 60,895*
- Neighbourhoods: 38
- Output areas: 212

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Bridlington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bridlington), [Whitby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitby), [Driffield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/driffield), [Norton-on-Derwent](https://openindex.co.uk/town/norton-on-derwent)

## Latest updates for Scarborough

- 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/E63000425

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/scarborough, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/scarborough#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/scarborough