YO21 2AX

Esk Valley & Coast · 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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO21 2PT 38 m
YO21 2PS 112 m
YO21 2PR 213 m
YO21 2PB 216 m
YO21 2PW 217 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO21 2AX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2012
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 2
Latitude
54.442249
Longitude
-0.808878
British National Grid easting
477,347
British National Grid northing
505,856

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007675
Westminster constituency
Scarborough and Whitby · E14001461
Output area
E00141737
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 002B · E01027822
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 002 · E02005796

Postcode source versions

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Thorn Hill View, Glaisdale, Whitby, YO21 2AX 13 June 2024 £140,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Glaisdale Primary School

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    740 m
  2. Lealholm Primary School

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    2.2 km
  3. St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

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    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

11 female, 11 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.2
YO21 2 residents
2,944

Age bands in YO21 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.6%

337 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

242 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.8%

516 residents

Age 45 to 64
32%

927 residents

Age 65 and over
30.3%

879 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO21 2 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+
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
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.

Nearby transport

  • Post Office

    BCT · Glaisdale

    0.2 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Glaisdale

    0.2 miles
  • Glaisdale Rail Station

    RLY · Glaisdale

    0.6 miles
  • Glaisdale Rail Station

    RSE · Glaisdale

    0.6 miles
  • Glaisdale Station

    BCT · Glaisdale

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 002B, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,632 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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 £140,000 from 1 recorded sale in YO21 2AX. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Glaisdale Primary School is the nearest published school at 740 m.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 3 events.

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