Loftus

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 63% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:22

9h 10m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

• 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

97 reported · August 2026▲ 73% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences35
• Anti-social behaviour17
• Criminal damage & arson13
• Public order10

Neighbourhood team: Loftus · Cleveland

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

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)

72 food businesses within 2 miles

• 70 rated 4–5 ★ (65 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£146,259 average▼ 3% YoY

Across Redcar and Cleveland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (4.8 km)

3 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)

• 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

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

£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%)

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

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

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

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

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

89 applications decided

94.4% granted · 84 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

3,990 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

11 jobs advertised · £38,744 avg

e.g. CAD / CAM Programmer, AVON Representatives wanted in Loftus, North Yorkshire, England – start today, Engineering Apprentice Trainer

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Imports 43% · Nuclear 36% · Wind 19% · Solar 1%

1 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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in TS13

• Woodside Surgery
• Staithes Surgery
• We Are With You Redcar&Cleveland-Loftus

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth206 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Ban balloon releases161 local signatures · 17,273 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK151 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND122 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills120 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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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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