Loftus

15°CClear

• Today: 18° / 10° · 67% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:30

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

113 reported · July 2026▲ 66% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences38
• Public order23
• Anti-social behaviour21
• Shoplifting10

Neighbourhood team: Loftus · Cleveland

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

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)

78 food businesses within 2 miles

• 72 rated 4–5 ★ (66 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

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

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Forest Halt (5.6 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£153,205 average▲ 8.1% YoY

Across Redcar and Cleveland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (4.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (11.9 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: North Road Car Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,544 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

100 applications decided

95% granted · 95 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Luke Myer

Labour

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £32,567 avg

e.g. ASDA Cafe Manager, CNC Miller, AVON Representatives wanted in Loftus, North Yorkshire, England – start today

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 70% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 6% · Solar 6%

7 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

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

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office396 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s304 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test258 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership256 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance237 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Loftus, North Yorkshire · 0.2 km

  Loftus is a market town and civil parish in the Redcar and Cleveland borough of North Yorkshire, England. The town is located north of the North York Moors and sits between Whitby and Skelton-in-Cleveland. The parish…

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  Loftus railway station, Yorkshire · 0.4 km

  Loftus, previously Lofthouse, was a railway station on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway (WR&MU). It was opened on 1 April 1875 as the terminus of a line from Saltburn, and served the town of Loftus.…

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  Kilton Viaduct · 0.6 km

  Kilton Viaduct was a railway viaduct that straddled Kilton Beck, near to Loftus, in North Yorkshire, England. The viaduct was opened to traffic in 1867, however in 1911, with the viaduct suffering subsidence from the…

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  Loftus Town Hall · 0.6 km

  Loftus Town Hall is a municipal building in Water Lane in Loftus, North Yorkshire, England. The structure, which accommodates the offices and meeting place of Loftus Town Council, is a grade II listed building.

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  Skinningrove railway station · 0.9 km

  Skinningrove railway station was on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 1 April 1875, and served the villages of Skinningrove and Carlin How in North Yorkshire, England. It was origina…

• Liverton Mines · 1.0 km

  Liverton Mines is a village in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is surrounded by large, local towns Middlesbrough, Redcar, Guisborough and Whitby.…

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