YO12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Scarborough, Northstead and Falsgrave, in North Yorkshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an YO12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 50% of people in YO12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How YO12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is YO12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO12 at a rate of 104.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across the YO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 341 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,639), anti-social behaviour (959) and other crime (574).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO12 was 99.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in YO12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO12 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in YO12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarborough 005A | 1,624 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Scarborough 005B | 1,485 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Scarborough 005C | 1,493 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Scarborough 005D | 1,684 | 113.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Scarborough 006D | 1,714 | 224.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.2% |
| Scarborough 006F | 2,751 | 127.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.2% |
| Scarborough 007A | 1,135 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.6% |
| Scarborough 007B | 1,276 | 108.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Scarborough 007C | 1,369 | 107.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Scarborough 007D | 1,787 | 106.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Scarborough 008A | 1,526 | 87.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Scarborough 008B | 1,501 | 191.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| Scarborough 008C | 1,763 | 198.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| Scarborough 008D | 1,435 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Scarborough 008E | 1,540 | 227.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| Scarborough 009A | 1,528 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.5% |
| Scarborough 009B | 2,155 | 160.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.7% |
| Scarborough 009C | 1,396 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% |
| Scarborough 009D | 1,361 | 136.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.3% |
| Scarborough 009E | 1,366 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| Scarborough 009F | 1,393 | 138.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.9% |
| Scarborough 012D | 1,339 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Scarborough 012E | 1,601 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Scarborough 013D | 1,752 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.8% |
MPs for YO12
- Alison HumeLabourMP for Scarborough and Whitby94% of YO12’s postcodes
- Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMP for Thirsk and Malton5.5% of YO12’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in YO124
Postcode sectors in YO124
Council1
Towns in YO121
Postcode districts next to YO124
More in the YO postcode area2
YO12 in brief
YO12 is a postcode district covering Scarborough, Northstead and Falsgrave, in North Yorkshire.
About 39,916 people lived in YO12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £179,995 in 2025 across 639 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 104.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in YO12 was £179,995 in 2025.
YO12 had 39,473 usual residents at the census.
About 50% of people in YO12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In YO12, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.