YO21 1RW

Whitby West · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Whitby
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO21 1RP 216 m
YO21 1SA 277 m
YO21 1BU 309 m
YO21 1RZ 484 m
YO21 1RS 508 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO21 1RW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 1
Latitude
54.465789
Longitude
-0.649953
British National Grid easting
487,603
British National Grid northing
508,661

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
E00141826
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 003A · E01027838
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 003 · E02005797

Postcode source versions

Explore YO21

46 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Mulberry Court, 14, Carr Hall Gardens, Ruswarp, Whitby, YO21 1RW 15 September 2025 £390,000
The Cedars, 17, Carr Hall Gardens, Ruswarp, Whitby, YO21 1RW 19 June 2024 £350,000
The Stables, 4, Carr Hall Gardens, Ruswarp, Whitby, YO21 1RW 31 January 2024 £535,000

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

    1.5 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
60
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 22
  • Anti social behaviour 17
  • Other theft 7
  • Burglary 4
  • Vehicle crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

13 female, 12 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.1
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

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO21 1 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+
42.1%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
10.5%

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

    1.7 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Carr Hall

    BCT · Ruswarp

    0.1 miles
  • Carr Hall

    BCT · Ruswarp

    0.1 miles
  • Carr Mount Farm

    BCT · Ruswarp

    0.3 miles
  • Carr Mount Farm

    BCT · Ruswarp

    0.3 miles
  • Carr Hill

    BCT · Briggswath

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 003A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,821 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 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
1
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 £345,000 from 10 recorded sales in YO21 1RW. 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

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 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

60 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 22 events.

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