YO21 1HN

Whitby West · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO21 3UE 54 m
YO21 1LW 90 m
YO21 1HD 91 m
YO21 1LJ 122 m
YO21 1YF 128 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO21 1HN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1991
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 1
Latitude
54.482103
Longitude
-0.630940
British National Grid easting
488,800
British National Grid northing
510,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007706
Westminster constituency
Scarborough and Whitby · E14001461
Output area
E00141823
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 001A · E01027837
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 001 · E02005795

Postcode source versions

Explore YO21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Stakesby Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    250 m
  2. Whitby School

    Community school

    427 m
  3. International Christian Language School for Functional English

    Miscellaneous

    583 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,219
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 492
  • Anti social behaviour 232
  • Shoplifting 123
  • Criminal damage and arson 109
  • Public order 76

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • WHITBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B82017

    659 m

  • SLEIGHTS AND SANDSEND MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B82101

    3.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Runswick Avenue

    BCT · High Stakesby

    0.0 miles
  • Runswick Avenue

    BCT · Whitby

    0.0 miles
  • Runswick Court

    BCT · High Stakesby

    0.1 miles
  • Lime Grove

    BCT · High Stakesby

    0.1 miles
  • Runswick Avenue

    BCT · High Stakesby

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 001A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,717 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Stakesby Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 250 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,219 published events cover 12 months, averaging 101.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 492 events.

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