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Redcar and Cleveland

Redcar and Cleveland is a town in North Yorkshire, England. It has around 1 restaurant and café, with the nearest railway station being Marske, 3.2 km away. In June 2026, there were around 8 recorded street crimes, most commonly anti-social behaviour. Covers 16 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Redcar and Cleveland is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 136,531 residents at roughly 557 people per km².

40/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 227th of 294 English council areas — better than 23% of them.

Low crime12
Home affordability96
Affordable rents99
Good schools43
Life expectancy24
Low deprivation19
Employment36
Low council tax22

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

13°COvercast

  • Today: 18° / 12° · 18% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:28

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026 67% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Guisborough · Cleveland

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial behaviour in and around the disused Guisborough Hospital.
  • Retail crime

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

113 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 152 casualties · 8.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

81 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 73 rated 4–5 ★ (68 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

  • Flood alert: North Sea coast from Staithes to Whitby including tidal River Esk

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Marske (3.2 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Marske (3.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£153,205 average 8.1% YoY

Across Redcar and Cleveland · to 2026-06

Detached£258,045
Semi-detached£158,793
Terraced£120,233
Flat£80,948

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£643 average monthly rent 1.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £456
  • 2 bed £608
  • 3 bed £723

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

4.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.7 times median annual pay (4.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (10.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (11.6 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

26 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Fountain Street West, Guisborough 6 (3.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Population

136,531 residents in Redcar and Cleveland · 557/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 62 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

24% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,544 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (40% of 66,640)

A £1,696
B £1,979
C £2,262
D £2,544
E £3,110
F £3,675
G £4,241
H £5,089

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

64 schools · 20,535 pupils

44 primary · 10 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 27 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Freebrough AcademyOutstanding
  • Huntcliff SchoolGood
  • Laurence Jackson SchoolGood
  • Outwood Academy RedcarGood
  • Rye Hills AcademyGood
  • Sacred Heart Catholic SecondaryGood
  • St Peter's Catholic CollegeGood
  • Nunthorpe School & Sixth FormRequires improvement
  • Outwood Academy NormanbyInadequate
  • Outwood Academy Bydales

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Redcar and Cleveland

Care & health services

121 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes43
  • GP practices18
  • Dentists25
  • Homecare agencies20
  • Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Redcar and Cleveland

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 32 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

100 applications decided

95% granted · 95 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 20
  • Con 13
  • LD 10
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 15

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£703 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,739 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 67,766 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.3 women · 54.3 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Old Church of St Andrew, Upleatham · 0.8 km

    The Old Church of St Andrew is a redundant grade II* listed Anglican church in the village of Upleatham, Redcar and Cleveland, England. Parts of the church date back to the 12th century, and it was replaced as a worki…

  • Upleatham · 1.0 km

    Upleatham is a village in the civil parish of Guisborough, in the unitary authority area of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book an…

  • Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland · 2.0 km

    Old All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Skelton-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, a…

  • Skelton Castle · 2.0 km

    Skelton Castle can refer to either a ruined medieval castle or an 18th-century Gothic style country house that replaced it. The site of both buildings is the village of Skelton, in North Yorkshire, England. The house…

  • Skelton-in-Cleveland · 2.3 km

    Skelton-in-Cleveland or Skelton is a market town in the civil parish of Skelton and Brotton at the foot of the Cleveland Hills and about 10 miles (16 km) east of Middlesbrough centre. It is in the borough of Redcar an…

  • Laurence Jackson School · 2.4 km

    Laurence Jackson School is a coeducational secondary school located in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England. It has a capacity of 1,250 pupils.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)