Scalby
Scalby is covered by postcode district YO13. It is in the North Yorkshire council area, England.
Every postcode in Scalby, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 5
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 0
- At very low risk only: 1
- Not on the at-risk list: 64
Of the 70 postcodes in Scalby that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at very low risk only and 64 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.3015, longitude -0.4474. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Scalby?
Homes sold for a typical £390,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6% on the 12 months before. At 57 of the 69 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 32 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 70 postcodes. The nearest school is Newby and Scalby Academy, 1.3 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Scarborough Medical Group, 700 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Scarborough, 3.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Scalby?
Homes in Scalby sold for a typical £390,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, down 6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £462,500 16 sales
- Semi-detached 3 sales, too few to price
- Terraced 1 sale, too few to price
- Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price
Across the whole YO13 district, Scalby's main postcode district: a typical £310,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Scalby: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Scalby?
None of the 70 postcodes now in use in Scalby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 43 homes sold in Scalby were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO13 district, 10%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Scalby | Across the YO13 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 21 (0%) | 7 of 126 (6%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 43 (0%) | 19 of 181 (10%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Scalby?
Ofcom reports on 69 of the 70 postcodes in Scalby. At 57 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Scalby at risk of flooding?
6 of the 70 postcodes in Scalby have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 32 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Scalby?
There is no primary school at the postcodes in Scalby; these are the nearest to its middle. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Scalby?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Scalby is Scarborough Rail Station, 3.6 km away in a straight line.
- Scarborough Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle
- Seamer Rail Station Railway station 7.0 kmDrive
- Filey Rail Station Railway station 14.3 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Scalby?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Scalby. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Scarborough Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2026 · Phone 01723 375343 700 mWalk
- Hackness Road Surgery Phone 01723 506706 750 mWalk
- Brook Square Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01723 360098 3.3 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Scalby safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 408 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Scalby over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 41 September 2025
- 43 October 2025
- 20 November 2025
- 35 December 2025
- 22 January 2026
- 19 February 2026
- 32 March 2026
- 24 April 2026
- 53 May 2026
- 46 June 2026
- 44 July 2026
- 29 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 5, possession of weapons 3, burglary 1, bicycle theft 1.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Scalby?
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby
- Police force area
- North Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
- MP
- Alison Hume (Labour)
All 70 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Scalby
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell North Yorkshire about council tax Council tax, on northyorks.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Scalby postcodes
70 postcodes in use in Scalby, by district:
That district is in the YO postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Scalby
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Scalby's £390,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Scalby
- What is it like to live in Scalby?
- Homes sold for a typical £390,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6% on the 12 months before. At 57 of the 69 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 32 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 70 postcodes. The nearest school is Newby and Scalby Academy, 1.3 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Scarborough Medical Group, 700 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Scarborough, 3.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Scalby?
- Scalby is covered by postcode district YO13, across 70 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Scalby in?
- Scalby is in the North Yorkshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Scalby?
- Scalby is in the Scarborough and Whitby parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Alison Hume (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Scalby?
- Homes in Scalby sold for a typical £390,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, down 6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Scalby?
- In Scalby, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Newby and Scalby Academy, 1.3 km away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Scalby Academy, 1.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Scalby have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Scalby is Scarborough, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Scalby?
- Ofcom reports on 69 of the 70 postcodes in Scalby. At 57 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Scalby at risk of flooding?
- 6 of the 70 postcodes in Scalby have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 32 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Scalby?
- None of the 70 postcodes now in use in Scalby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 43 homes sold in Scalby were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO13 district, 10%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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