YO12 5SS

Newby · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Scarborough
Ward
Newby
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
YO12
Postcode sector
YO12 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO12 5SR 93 m
YO12 5RQ 154 m
YO12 5HU 175 m
YO12 5HY 176 m
YO12 5SP 181 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO12 5SS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO12
Postcode sector
YO12 5
Latitude
54.289899
Longitude
-0.446167
British National Grid easting
501,242
British National Grid northing
489,364

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Electoral ward
Newby · E05014296
Parish or community
E04013501
Westminster constituency
Scarborough and Whitby · E14001461
Output area
E00141844
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 005C · E01027844
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 005 · E02005799

Postcode source versions

Explore YO12

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, High Moor Edge, Scarborough, YO12 5SS 27 November 2024 £210,000
3, High Moor Edge, Scarborough, YO12 5SS 28 November 2022 £240,000
9, High Moor Edge, Scarborough, YO12 5SS 29 September 2021 £220,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
12
Secondary
4
  1. Newby and Scalby Academy

    Academy converter

    493 m
  2. Scalby Academy

    Academy converter

    829 m
  3. Barrowcliff School

    Community school

    955 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
988
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 484
  • Anti social behaviour 159
  • Criminal damage and arson 87
  • Shoplifting 60
  • Other theft 54

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

8 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.0
YO12 5 residents
9,184

Age bands in YO12 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.3%

1,195 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

753 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.2%

1,730 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

2,600 residents

Age 65 and over
30.2%

2,722 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO12 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • HACKNESS ROAD SURGERY

    19 HACKNESS ROAD, NEWBY, SCARBOROUGH, YO12 5SD

    ODS code B82106

    604 m

  • SCARBOROUGH MEDICAL GROUP

    DANES DYKE SURGERY, 463A SCALBY ROAD, NEWBY, SCARBOROUGH, YO12 6UA

    ODS code B82054

    798 m

  • BROOK SQUARE SURGERY

    TRAFALGAR HOUSE, 41-44 TRAFALGAR STREET WEST, SCARBOROUGH, YO12 7AS

    ODS code B82088

    2.6 km

  • HAXBY GROUP SCARBOROUGH

    LAWRENCE HOUSE MED CTR, 1A BELGRAVE CRESCENT, SCARBOROUGH, YO11 1UB

    ODS code B82038

    2.8 km

  • CASTLE HEALTH CENTRE

    3-4 YORK PLACE, SCARBOROUGH, YO11 2NP

    ODS code Y02669

    3.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • High Moor Edge

    BCT · Newby

    0.0 miles
  • Willow Garth

    BCT · Newby

    0.1 miles
  • Roman Close

    BCT · Throxenby

    0.2 miles
  • Ling Hill

    BCT · Throxenby

    0.2 miles
  • Four Lane Ends

    BCT · Newby

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 005C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,774 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £220,000 from 3 recorded sales in YO12 5SS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Yorkshire is £270,569 in June 2026, up 3.1% year on year.

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 4 secondary schools. Newby and Scalby Academy is the nearest published school at 493 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

988 published events cover 12 months, averaging 82.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 484 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.