YO22 5HJ

Esk Valley & Coast · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
YO22
Postcode sector
YO22 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO22 5HL 151 m
YO21 1YL 211 m
YO22 5JA 212 m
YO21 1NJ 294 m
YO21 1QW 305 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO22 5HJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1986
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO22
Postcode sector
YO22 5
Latitude
54.467711
Longitude
-0.629877
British National Grid easting
488,900
British National Grid northing
508,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007700
Westminster constituency
Scarborough and Whitby · E14001461
Output area
E00141741
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 004A · E01027821
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 004 · E02005798

Postcode source versions

Explore YO22

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    285 m
  2. Airy Hill Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  3. Whitby School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
101
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 48
  • Anti social behaviour 23
  • Drugs 7
  • Other theft 4
  • Vehicle crime 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • WHITBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B82017

    2.1 km

  • SLEIGHTS AND SANDSEND MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B82101

    2.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Sneaton Lane

    BCT · Ruswarp

    0.1 miles
  • Sneaton Lane

    BCT · Ruswarp

    0.1 miles
  • Ruswarp Rail Station

    RSE · Ruswarp

    0.2 miles
  • School

    BCT · Ruswarp

    0.2 miles
  • Parish Church

    BCT · Ruswarp

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 004A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,038 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 285 m.

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

Recorded crime

101 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 48 events.

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