YO22 5BU

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO22 5BX 67 m
YO22 5BT 83 m
YO22 5BY 128 m
YO22 5DY 138 m
YO22 5DA 158 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO22 5BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO22
Postcode sector
YO22 5
Latitude
54.456433
Longitude
-0.662987
British National Grid easting
486,778
British National Grid northing
507,604

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007671
Westminster constituency
Scarborough and Whitby · E14001461
Output area
E00141728
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 004B · E01027823
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 004 · E02005798

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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39 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Lowdale Lane, Sleights, Whitby, YO22 5BU 13 August 2025 £445,000
2a, Lowdale Lane, Sleights, Whitby, YO22 5BU 25 July 2024 £422,500
25, Lowdale Lane, Sleights, Whitby, YO22 5BU 10 July 2023 £260,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    450 m
  2. Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.7 km
  3. Stakesby Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
67
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 30
  • Anti social behaviour 18
  • Burglary 4
  • Vehicle crime 4
  • Other theft 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
56

26 female, 30 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
2.2
YO22 5 residents
2,844

Age bands in YO22 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.9%

309 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.2%

177 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.7%

444 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.7%

900 residents

Age 65 and over
35.4%

1,005 residents

This postcode contained 2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO22 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
55.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
55.6%
Gigabit-capable
55.6%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • SLEIGHTS AND SANDSEND MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B82101

    537 m

  • WHITBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B82017

    4.2 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Shops

    BCT · Sleights

    0.1 miles
  • Spar Shop

    BCT · Sleights

    0.1 miles
  • Blacksmith Close

    BCT · Sleights

    0.2 miles
  • Sleights Bridge

    BCT · Briggswath

    0.2 miles
  • Ingham Close

    BCT · Sleights

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 004B, 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

12,175 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £260,000 from 5 recorded sales in YO22 5BU. 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

Published establishments

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 450 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

67 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 30 events.

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