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Scrabster

Scrabster is a village in Caithness, Scotland. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 3 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Thurso, 2.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Scrabster area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Highland area is less deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Highland
County
Caithness
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

11°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 53% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:33Sunset 16:22

8h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

Road safety

245 reported road collisions (2025)

125 killed or seriously injured · 392 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

146 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 74 passed
  • 10 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Thurso (2.7 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Thurso (2.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£224,574 average▲ 7.4% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-08

Detached£349,591
Semi-detached£215,076
Terraced£174,559
Flat£126,614

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Scrabster Harbour Trust, Scrabster (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: Highland Council

Population

237,260 residents in Highland

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

4% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 10% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

SNP / Independent coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £28,600 avg

e.g. Night Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£775 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,917 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Thurso Lifeboat Station · 0.1 km

    Thurso Lifeboat Station is located at Scrabster Harbour, near the town of Thurso, in the administrative area of Highland, historically Caithness, on the north coast of mainland Scotland.

  • Scrabster · 0.5 km

    Scrabster is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It is some 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) from Thurso, 22+1⁄2 miles (36.2 km) from Wick, 112 miles (180 km) from Inverness and 271.7 mil…

  • Clett · 1.2 km

    Clett is a name used for many uninhabited Scottish islets and one to the south, though also in the area inhabited by Vikings. They include -One at 58.623644°N 3.5424908°W, near the north coast of Caithness, just to th…

  • Holborn Head · 1.3 km

    Holborn Head is a rocky headland on the north-facing Atlantic coast of Caithness, Scotland. It forms the western termination of Thurso Bay.

  • Burnside, Highland · 1.4 km

    Burnside is a predominantly residential area of Thurso, Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland.

  • Thurso Bay · 1.7 km

    Thurso Bay, known also as Scrabster Bay, is a bay of Atlantic water between the points of Clairdon Head and Holborn Head on the north coast of Caithness, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Scrabster?
Scrabster is a town in Caithness, Scotland, in the Highland local authority.
How deprived is Scrabster?
The Highland local authority, which includes Scrabster, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.