YO22
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Fishburn Park, Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay, 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 YO22 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 41% of people in YO22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How YO22 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is YO22 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in YO22 at a rate of 65.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.6 per 1,000 people across the YO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in YO22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (229), anti-social behaviour (140) and other crime (80).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in YO22 was 70.6 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 YO22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so YO22 has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in YO22
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarborough 003B | 1,418 | 92.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.1% |
| Scarborough 003D | 2,066 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.6% |
| Scarborough 004A | 1,422 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 34.1% |
| Scarborough 004B | 1,399 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.0% |
| Scarborough 004G | 1,947 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 46.1% |
Your MP
- Alison HumeLabourMP for Scarborough and Whitby
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 YO221
Postcode sectors in YO222
Council1
Towns in YO221
Postcode districts next to YO223
Nearest rail stations2
More in the YO postcode area2
YO22 in brief
YO22 is a postcode district covering Fishburn Park, Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay, in North Yorkshire.
About 8,559 people lived in YO22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £279,950 in 2025 across 153 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in YO22 was £279,950 in 2025.
YO22 had 8,578 usual residents at the census.
About 41% of people in YO22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In YO22, 63.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.