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YO22 4LA

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
YO22
Postcode sector
YO22 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO22 4BS 173 m
YO22 4LB 295 m
YO22 4PA 559 m
YO22 4LD 672 m
YO22 4LT 698 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO22 4LA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO22
Postcode sector
YO22 4
Latitude
54.461803
Longitude
-0.578268
British National Grid easting
492,258
British National Grid northing
508,309

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007681
Westminster constituency
Scarborough and Whitby · E14001461
Output area
E00141788
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 004G · E01034973
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 004 · E02005798

Postcode source versions

Explore YO22

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Summerfield Bungalow, Hawsker, Whitby, YO22 4LA 22 June 2021 £250,000
Red Barn, Hawsker, Whitby, YO22 4LA 23 April 2021 £115,000
High Leas, Hawsker Lane, Hawsker, Whitby, YO22 4LA 28 November 2018 £390,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3 m
  2. East Whitby Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    2.2 km
  3. Airy Hill Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
23
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 8
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Public order 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5
2 female, 3 male
Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.5
YO22 4 residents
5,812

Age bands in YO22 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%
922 residents
Age 15 to 24
9.7%
580 residents
Age 25 to 44
20.7%
1,239 residents
Age 45 to 64
28.7%
1,719 residents
Age 65 and over
25.6%
1,537 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO22 4 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+
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
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • WHITBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B82017

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Station House

    BCT · Hawsker

    279 m
  • Station House

    BCT · Hawsker

    288 m
  • Methodist Chapel

    BCT · Hawsker

    655 m
  • Methodist Chapel

    BCT · Hawsker

    701 m
  • Swan Farm

    BCT · High Hawsker

    861 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 004G, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,754 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 3 m.

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

Recorded crime

23 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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