Whitby

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 10° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:21

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

• 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

172 reported · August 2026▲ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences55
• Anti-social behaviour43
• Shoplifting25
• Vehicle crime10

Neighbourhood team: Whitby · North Yorkshire

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

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)

257 food businesses within 2 miles

• 221 rated 4–5 ★ (190 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Whitby (0.4 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,080 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Church Street Carpark (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches14
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds16

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)

• 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

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

£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

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)

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

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

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

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

1,247 applications decided

90.3% granted · 1,126 granted, 121 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés72

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,395 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

67 jobs advertised · £35,125 avg

e.g. Skilled Operative Groundworker, Sales and Customer Relations Advisor, Relief Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

£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

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: 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

5 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in YO21

• Whitby Group Practice
• Esk Valley Medical Practice
• Whitby Community Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Scarborough and Whitby:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases256 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks242 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs231 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK189 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth174 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Haggersgate House · 0.0 km

  Haggersgate House, also known as the Whitby Mission and Seafarers' Centre, is a historic building on Haggersgate in Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, England.

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  Flowergate Old Chapel · 0.1 km

  Flowergate Old Chapel is a Unitarian church in Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  38 Flowergate · 0.1 km

  38 Flowergate is a historic building in Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, England.

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  Golden Lion, Whitby · 0.1 km

  The Golden Lion is a historic pub on Golden Lion Bank in Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, England.

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  Whitby · 0.1 km

  Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located at the mouth of the River Esk, where the North York Moors meet the Yorkshire Coast, and has a maritime, mineral and tourist ec…

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  Whitby Lifeboat Station · 0.1 km

  Whitby Lifeboat Station is located at Market Place, on the east side of the River Esk in Whitby, a seaside town and port in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of eight lifeboat stations situated along the Yorkshire c…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)