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YO21 3AN

Whitby West · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Whitby
Ward
Whitby West
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Scarborough and Whitby
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO21 3AL 29 m
YO21 3AP 43 m
YO21 3AB 45 m
YO21 3AJ 51 m
YO21 3DN 51 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO21 3AN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 3
Latitude
54.487173
Longitude
-0.618328
British National Grid easting
489,606
British National Grid northing
511,080

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Electoral ward
Whitby West · E05014337
Parish or community
E04007706
Westminster constituency
Scarborough and Whitby · E14001461
Output area
E00141994
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 001F · E01034972
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 001 · E02005795

Postcode source versions

Explore YO21

Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Tower Flats, Whitby, YO21 3AN 27 June 2018 £120,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1

  1. West Cliff Primary School

    Academy converter

    225 m

  2. International Christian Language School for Functional English

    Miscellaneous

    411 m

  3. Whitby School

    Community school

    702 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,297
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 537
  • Anti social behaviour 245
  • Shoplifting 124
  • Criminal damage and arson 115
  • Public order 83

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

1 female, 3 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
0.8
YO21 3 residents
5,070

Age bands in YO21 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.7%

568 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.8%

381 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.5%

997 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.7%

1,542 residents

Age 65 and over
28.3%

1,380 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO21 3 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+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
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

2

within 5 km

  • WHITBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B82017

    344 m

  • SLEIGHTS AND SANDSEND MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B82101

    4.7 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

  • St Hildas Terrace

    BCT · Whitby

    0.1 miles

  • Havelock Place

    BCT · West Cliff

    0.1 miles

  • Chubbhill Harrisons Garage

    BCT · West Cliff

    0.2 miles

  • Boyes

    BCT · Whitby

    0.2 miles

  • Bus Stn Stand 4

    BCT · Whitby

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 001F, 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

6,481 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
10 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

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. West Cliff Primary School is the nearest published school at 225 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,297 published events cover 12 months, averaging 108.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 537 events.

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