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Staxton

Staxton is a town or village in North Yorkshire, England, with 2 bus stops, Seamer railway station 5.1km away and around 1 restaurant and café. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Staxton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Yorkshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025).

Council
North Yorkshire
County
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton
Police force
North Yorkshire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 63rd of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Low crime89
Home affordability56
Affordable rents75
Good schools42
Life expectancy71
Low deprivation64
Low council tax23

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 90% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 55% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:23

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

6 reported · August 2026▲ 500% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Ryedale · North Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Operation Wilderness: We are investigating offences involving green laneing and unauthorised vehicular incursion onto National Parks and…
  • ASB around our market towns of Kirkbymoorside and Helmsley has seen some acts of criminal damage and vandalism. These incidents have rang…

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

Road safety

1,159 reported road collisions (2025)

331 killed or seriously injured · 1,530 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

5 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Seamer (4.8 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Seamer (4.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£270,080 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-08

Detached£431,122
Semi-detached£269,527
Terraced£219,836
Flat£142,783

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£849 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £594
  • 2 bed £769
  • 3 bed £941

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

Affordability

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

Property sales

9,306 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: 155.9p · Esso (5.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (5.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Minstergate Scarborough-Hyundai (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

615,491 residents in North Yorkshire

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK33,901
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,388
  • Net moves+7,513

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 189 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% 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 C (23% of 306,270)

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

380 schools · 85,418 pupils

290 primary · 41 secondary · 49 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Harrogate Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Outwood Academy EasingwoldOutstanding
  • Ryedale SchoolOutstanding
  • Ermysted's Grammar SchoolGood
  • Lady Lumley's AcademyGood
  • Malton SchoolGood
  • Northallerton School & Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • Norton SchoolGood
  • Outwood Academy RiponGood
  • Ripon Grammar SchoolGood
  • Scarborough University Technical CollegeGood
  • Skipton Girls' High SchoolGood
  • South Craven SchoolGood
  • St Aidan's Church of England High SchoolGood
  • St John Fisher Catholic AcademyGood
  • Stokesley SchoolGood
  • The Skipton AcademyGood
  • Wensleydale SchoolGood
  • Barlby High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Bedale High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Boroughbridge High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Graham SchoolRequires improvement
  • Harrogate High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Whitby SchoolRequires improvement
  • Brayton Academy
  • Filey Academy
  • George Pindar School
  • King James's School
  • Nidderdale High School
  • Richmond School & Sixth Form College
  • Risedale School
  • Rossett School
  • Scalby Academy
  • Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science
  • Settle College
  • Sherburn High School
  • St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
  • St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy
  • Tadcaster Grammar School
  • Thirsk School & Sixth Form College

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

Care & health services

634 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes205
  • GP practices80
  • Dentists139
  • Homecare agencies155
  • Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Yorkshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

1,247 applications decided

90.3% granted · 1,126 granted, 121 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Kevin Hollinrake

Conservative

Thirsk and Malton

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

37,395 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £68,750 avg

e.g. Jr. Mobile Threat to Aerospace Operations (TTAO) Technician Assistant, Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

58% low-carbon electricity

Imports 42% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 22% · Solar 3%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in YO12

  • Cross Lane Hospital - Bcss Inpatient Unit
  • Scarborough Medical Group
  • Brook Square Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thirsk and Malton:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Willerby, North Yorkshire · 0.6 km

    Willerby is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is contiguous with neighbouring Staxton. The villages of Staxton, Willerby and Binnington make up the civil parish of Willerby.

  • Staxton · 0.6 km

    Staxton is a village in North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Willerby, and situated approximately 8.2 miles from Scarborough town centre.

  • Binnington Carr Hoard · 0.6 km

    The Binnington Carr Hoard is a Roman coin hoard dating from the late 1st century AD. It contains 12 silver denarii within a copper alloy bell. It is in the collection of the Yorkshire Museum.

  • Sherburn Rural District · 0.7 km

    Sherburn was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1935. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Scarborough rural sanitary district which was in the East Riding.

  • St Peter's Church, Willerby · 1.2 km

    St Peter's Church is the parish church of Willerby, North Yorkshire, a village in England.

  • RRH Staxton Wold · 1.4 km

    Remote Radar Head Staxton Wold or RRH Staxton Wold is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force, located near Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. As it has been a radar site continuously since…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Staxton?
Staxton is a town in North Yorkshire, England, in the North Yorkshire local authority.
How deprived is Staxton?
The North Yorkshire local authority, which includes Staxton, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.