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Boosbeck

Boosbeck is a village in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 1,168. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 3 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Forest Halt, 4 km away. There were around 35 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Boosbeck area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Redcar and Cleveland area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 136,531 residents at roughly 557 people per km².

Council
Redcar and Cleveland
County
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Police force
Cleveland
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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 17° / 10° · 70% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:30

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Crime

31 reported · July 2026 121% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences15
  • Criminal damage & arson6
  • Public order3
  • Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Skelton West · Cleveland

Local policing priorities

  • Retail crime - Skelton West

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

65 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 61 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Forest Halt (4.0 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Saltburn (4.4 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: 163.9p · Morrisons (9.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (9.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: ASDA Skelton Supermarket (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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
  • 9 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

Your MP

Luke Myer

Labour

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 70% · Nuclear 20% · Biomass 11%

13 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

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

  • Boosbeck railway station · 0.1 km

    Boosbeck railway station was a railway station serving the village of Boosbeck in the ceremonial county of the North Riding of Yorkshire in England. The station was opened in 1878 and closed to passengers in 1960 with…

  • Boosbeck · 0.2 km

    Boosbeck is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.

  • Lockwood, North Yorkshire · 1.1 km

    Lockwood is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland with ceremonial association with North Yorkshire, England.

  • North Skelton · 1.5 km

    North Skelton is a village in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England.

  • Margrove Park · 1.5 km

    Margrove Park is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is at the eastern end of a broad valley extending eastwards from Nunthorpe and is about 2 mil…

  • North Skelton Mine · 1.9 km

    North Skelton Mine was an ironstone mine in the village of North Skelton in North Yorkshire, England. The mine was the deepest of the ironstone mines in Cleveland and was also the last to close, which came in January…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Boosbeck?
Boosbeck is a town in North Yorkshire, England, in the Redcar and Cleveland local authority.
What is the population of Boosbeck?
Boosbeck has an approximate settlement population of 1,168.
How deprived is Boosbeck?
The Redcar and Cleveland local authority, which includes Boosbeck, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.