YO12 6NJ

Woodlands · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Scarborough
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
YO12
Postcode sector
YO12 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO12 6NR 71 m
YO12 6BF 75 m
YO12 6NN 110 m
YO12 6NT 113 m
YO12 6NQ 174 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO12 6NJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO12
Postcode sector
YO12 6
Latitude
54.288181
Longitude
-0.430792
British National Grid easting
502,247
British National Grid northing
489,195

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Electoral ward
Woodlands · E05014338
Parish or community
E04013503
Westminster constituency
Scarborough and Whitby · E14001461
Output area
E00142011
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 007D · E01027874
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 007 · E02005801

Postcode source versions

Explore YO12

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Ash Grove, Scarborough, YO12 6NJ 5 May 2015 £160,000
4, Ash Grove, Scarborough, YO12 6NJ 4 April 2012 £92,000
11, Ash Grove, Scarborough, YO12 6NJ 14 December 2005 £95,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
10
Secondary
4
  1. Barrowcliff School

    Community school

    174 m
  2. Newby and Scalby Academy

    Academy converter

    673 m
  3. Scalby Academy

    Academy converter

    688 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,204
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 977
  • Anti social behaviour 377
  • Shoplifting 232
  • Criminal damage and arson 178
  • Other theft 109

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
55

27 female, 28 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
2.8
YO12 6 residents
11,132

Age bands in YO12 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

1,840 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,089 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.3%

2,259 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.2%

2,918 residents

Age 65 and over
27.3%

3,040 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO12 6 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
100%

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 straight-line

  • SCARBOROUGH MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code B82054

    1.1 km

  • HACKNESS ROAD SURGERY

    19 HACKNESS ROAD, NEWBY, SCARBOROUGH, YO12 5SD

    ODS code B82106

    1.2 km

  • BROOK SQUARE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B82088

    1.6 km

  • HAXBY GROUP SCARBOROUGH

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

    ODS code B82038

    1.8 km

  • CASTLE HEALTH CENTRE

    3-4 YORK PLACE, SCARBOROUGH, YO11 2NP

    ODS code Y02669

    2.0 km

Nearby transport

  • The Barrowcliff

    BCT · Barrowcliffe

    0.1 miles
  • The Barrowcliff

    BCT · Barrowcliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Playground

    BCT · Barrowcliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Barrowcliff cj School

    BCT · Barrowcliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Wreyfield Drive

    BCT · Barrowcliffe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 007D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

462 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
8 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

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 4 secondary schools. Barrowcliff School is the nearest published school at 174 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,204 published events cover 12 months, averaging 183.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 977 events.

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