Staithes

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• Today: 16° / 13° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:27

12h 57m 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

1 reported · July 2026▼ 87% YoY

• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Whitby · North Yorkshire

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

1,043 reported road collisions (2024)

266 killed or seriously injured · 1,441 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,569 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£844 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £590
• 2 bed £764
• 3 bed £935

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (11.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Bank Top Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

615,491 residents in North Yorkshire

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,544 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 306,270)

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

379 schools · 85,538 pupils

290 primary · 41 secondary · 48 other

Ofsted: 154 of 177 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

349inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Yorkshire

639 CQC-registered services

• Care homes204
• GP practices80
• Dentists141
• Homecare agencies159
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Yorkshire

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

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

1,070 applications decided

88.9% granted · 951 granted, 119 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alison Hume

Labour

Scarborough and Whitby

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 10
• Con 41
• LD 13
• Grn 5
• Ref 5
• Oth 16

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£731 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,703 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 57,421 certificates

14.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

99% low-carbon electricity

Wind 39% · Biomass 31% · Nuclear 29% · Gas 1%

41 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.4 women · 64.5 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Scarborough and Whitby:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office412 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership323 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership300 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases255 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s250 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

• Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Staithes · 0.1 km

  The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is a historic building in Staithes, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Primitive Methodist Chapel, Staithes · 0.1 km

  The Primitive Methodist Chapel is a historic building in Staithes, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Staithes and Runswick Lifeboat Station · 0.1 km

  Staithes and Runswick Lifeboat Station is located on the north side of the harbour, in Staithes, a village approximately 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Whitby, in the county of North Yorkshire, England.

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  Bethel Chapel, Staithes · 0.1 km

  The Bethel Chapel is a former Congregational church in Staithes, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  St Peter's Church, Staithes · 0.2 km

  St Peter's Church is an Anglican church in Staithes, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Kirkhill House · 0.2 km

  Kirkhill House is a historic building in Staithes, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)