YO22 5BW

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 5AB 60 m
YO22 5BY 94 m
YO22 5BS 139 m
YO22 5AG 166 m
YO22 5BU 181 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO22 5BW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 1984
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO22
Postcode sector
YO22 5
Latitude
54.457580
Longitude
-0.661006
British National Grid easting
486,904
British National Grid northing
507,734

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
E00141732
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 004B · E01027823
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 004 · E02005798

Postcode source versions

Explore YO22

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Bank Close, Sleights, Whitby, YO22 5BW 7 February 2020 £278,000
12, Bank Close, Sleights, Whitby, YO22 5BW 23 October 2019 £325,000
8, Bank Close, Sleights, Whitby, YO22 5BW 10 May 2019 £262,500

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

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.5 km
  3. Stakesby Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    3.6 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
21

11 female, 10 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.1
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 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO22 5 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 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

    625 m

  • WHITBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B82017

    4.0 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

  • Sleights Bridge

    BCT · Briggswath

    0.2 miles
  • Shops

    BCT · Sleights

    0.2 miles
  • Sleights Bridge

    BCT · Briggswath

    0.2 miles
  • Spar Shop

    BCT · Sleights

    0.2 miles
  • Sleights Rail Station

    RSE · 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
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

Schools

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 610 m.

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

Recorded crime

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.