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Kirkleatham

Kirkleatham is a town in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 7,045. It has 2 supermarkets, 3 restaurants and cafés, 16 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Redcar Central, 2.9 km away. There were around 64 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 Kirkleatham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Redcar and Cleveland area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 136,531 residents at roughly 557 people per km².

Council
Redcar and Cleveland
County
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Redcar
Police force
Cleveland
39/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 230th of 294 English council areas — better than 22% of them.

Low crime13
Home affordability96
Affordable rents99
Good schools43
Life expectancy20
Low deprivation21
Employment34
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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 66% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:24

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

107 reported · August 2026▲ 2% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences34
  • Criminal damage & arson18
  • Anti-social behaviour13
  • Vehicle crime10

Neighbourhood team: Kirkleatham · Cleveland

Local policing priorities

  • Nuisance motorbikes
  • Anti-social behaviour

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

Road safety

108 reported road collisions (2025)

33 killed or seriously injured · 140 casualties · 7.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

166 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 156 rated 4–5 ★ (144 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Redcar East (3.0 km)
  • 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Redcar East (3.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£146,259 average▼ 3% YoY

Across Redcar and Cleveland · to 2026-08

Detached£243,765
Semi-detached£151,674
Terraced£115,599
Flat£77,700

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£644 average monthly rent▲ 1% YoY

  • 1 bed £457
  • 2 bed £609
  • 3 bed £723

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

Property sales

1,765 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (7.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · BP (7.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

33 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Kirkleatham Walled Garden (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds2

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,070
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,089
  • Net moves+981

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 62 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

58 inspected 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

123 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes44
  • GP practices18
  • Dentists26
  • Homecare agencies20
  • Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Redcar and Cleveland

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Kirkleatham)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

89 applications decided

94.4% granted · 84 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,990 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

59 jobs advertised · £50,115 avg

e.g. Teaching Assistant, Retail Security Officer, Financial Accountant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£703 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% 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

Health services

12 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in TS10

  • Bentley Medical Practice
  • The Coatham Road Surgery
  • The Green House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Redcar:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Redcar (constituency) · 0.6 km

    Redcar is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Anna Turley, of the Labour and Co-operative parties. She previously represented the constituency between 2015 and 2019, w…

  • Kirkleatham · 0.6 km

    Kirkleatham is an area of Redcar in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 4+1⁄2 miles north-northwest of Guisborough, and three miles south of Redcar centre. It was liste…

  • Yearby · 1.1 km

    Yearby is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located half a mile south of Kirkleatham on the B1269 road to Guisborough, close to Marske-by-the…

  • Redcar Primary Care Hospital · 1.6 km

    Redcar Primary Care Hospital is a 31-bed hospital in the town of Redcar, North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

  • Redcar Aerodrome · 1.7 km

    Redcar Aerodrome is a former First World War airfield located in Redcar, North Yorkshire, England. The site hosted an elementary flying school for newly entered pilots into the Royal Naval Air Service, though some off…

  • Redcar Mudstone Formation · 1.7 km

    The Redcar Mudstone Formation is a geological formation in North Yorkshire, England. Part of the Lias Group, it was deposited in the Hettangian to Pliensbachian stages of the Early Jurassic. The lithology consists of…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Kirkleatham?
Kirkleatham is a town in North Yorkshire, England, in the Redcar and Cleveland local authority.
What is the population of Kirkleatham?
Kirkleatham has an approximate settlement population of 7,045.
How deprived is Kirkleatham?
The Redcar and Cleveland local authority, which includes Kirkleatham, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.