Skelton (Redcar and Cleveland)

15°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 13° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:28

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

60 reported · July 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences21
• Shoplifting10
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Criminal damage & arson6

Neighbourhood team: Skelton East · 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)

180 food businesses within 2 miles

• 168 rated 4–5 ★ (160 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Forest Halt (2.1 km)
• 8 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: 164.9p · Morrisons (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (7.2 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: ASDA Skelton Supermarket (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

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
• 36 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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

39% low-carbon electricity

Imports 62% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 11% · Wind 5%

16 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

• North Skelton railway station · 0.7 km

  North Skelton railway station was opened to freight on 1 August 1875 by the North Eastern Railway and to passengers on 1 July 1902. It served the village of Skelton-in-Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. It closed…

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  North Skelton · 0.8 km

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

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  Skelton-in-Cleveland · 0.9 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…

• North Skelton Mine · 1.2 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…

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  Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland · 1.2 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…

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  Skelton and Brotton · 1.3 km

  Skelton and Brotton is a civil parish in the unitary authority area of Redcar and Cleveland, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It consists of the town of Skelton-in-Cleveland and village of Brotton.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)