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YO21 1BU

Esk Valley & Coast · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Esk Valley & Coast
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Scarborough and Whitby
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO21 1SA 47 m
YO21 1RZ 213 m
YO21 1RW 309 m
YO21 1RS 396 m
YO21 1RP 514 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO21 1BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 1
Latitude
54.467706
Longitude
-0.653408
British National Grid easting
487,375
British National Grid northing
508,870

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Electoral ward
Esk Valley & Coast · E05014272
Parish or community
E04007671
Westminster constituency
Scarborough and Whitby · E14001461
Output area
E00141733
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 004A · E01027821
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 004 · E02005798

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1

  1. Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.6 km

  2. Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.8 km

  3. Stakesby Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
54
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 19
  • Anti social behaviour 16
  • Other theft 6
  • Burglary 4
  • Vehicle crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
YO21 1 residents
5,750

Age bands in YO21 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.2%

642 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

491 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.2%

985 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

1,784 residents

Age 65 and over
32%

1,834 residents

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

2

within 5 km

  • SLEIGHTS AND SANDSEND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHURCHFIELD SURGERY, IBURNDALE LANE, SLEIGHTS, WHITBY, YO22 5DP

    ODS code B82101

    1.8 km

  • WHITBY GROUP PRACTICE

    SPRING VALE MEDICAL CENTRE, RIEVAULX ROAD, WHITBY, YO21 1SD

    ODS code B82017

    2.8 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Carr Hall

    BCT · Ruswarp

    0.3 miles

  • Carr Hall

    BCT · Ruswarp

    0.3 miles

  • Carr Hill

    BCT · Briggswath

    0.4 miles

  • Carr Hill

    BCT · Briggswath

    0.4 miles

  • Sleights Carrhill Lane

    BCT · Briggswath

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 004A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,038 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

54 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 19 events.

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