Whitby

Whitby is covered by postcode districts YO21 and YO22. It is in the North Yorkshire council area, England.

Typical price £222,000 Homes sold in Whitby, last 12 months. ▼ 9.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 344 of 513 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 77 of 531 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 237 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 6 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Whitby, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Whitby, by flood risk Of the 531 postcodes in Whitby that ONS places, 35 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 35 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 454 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 28 postcodes at high or medium risk. 2 postcodes lie beyond the edge and are listed under the map. Places named: Whitby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. YO21 1AD: not on the flood risk listYO21 1AE: not on the flood risk listYO21 1AJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1AP: not on the flood risk listYO21 1AQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1BT: not on the flood risk listYO21 1BX: not on the flood risk listYO21 1DD: not on the flood risk listYO21 1DE: not on the flood risk listYO21 1DF: not on the flood risk listYO21 1DP: not on the flood risk listYO21 1DZ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1EB: not on the flood risk listYO21 1ED: not on the flood risk listYO21 1EE: not on the flood risk listYO21 1EF: not on the flood risk listYO21 1EG: not on the flood risk listYO21 1EH: not on the flood risk listYO21 1EJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1EL: not on the flood risk listYO21 1EN: not on the flood risk listYO21 1EQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1ER: not on the flood risk listYO21 1ES: not on the flood risk listYO21 1ET: not on the flood risk listYO21 1EW: not on the flood risk listYO21 1EX: not on the flood risk listYO21 1EY: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HD: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HE: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HF: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HG: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HH: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HL: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HR: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HS: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HT: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HU: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HX: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HY: not on the flood risk listYO21 1HZ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JA: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JB: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JD: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JE: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JF: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JG: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JH: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JL: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JN: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JP: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JR: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JS: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JT: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JU: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JW: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JX: not on the flood risk listYO21 1JY: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LA: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LB: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LD: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LE: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LF: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LG: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LH: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LL: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LN: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LP: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LR: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LS: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LT: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LU: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LW: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LX: not on the flood risk listYO21 1LZ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NA: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NB: not on the flood risk listYO21 1ND: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NE: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NF: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NG: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NP: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NR: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NS: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NT: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NU: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NW: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NX: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NY: not on the flood risk listYO21 1NZ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PA: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PB: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PD: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PE: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PF: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PH: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PL: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PN: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PP: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PR: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PS: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PT: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PW: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PX: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PY: not on the flood risk listYO21 1PZ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QA: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QB: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QD: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QE: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QF: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QG: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QN: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QR: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QS: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QT: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QU: not on the flood risk listYO21 1QX: not on the flood risk listYO21 1RA: not on the flood risk listYO21 1RB: not on the flood risk listYO21 1RD: not on the flood risk listYO21 1RE: not on the flood risk listYO21 1RF: not on the flood risk listYO21 1RG: not on the flood risk listYO21 1RH: not on the flood risk listYO21 1SB: not on the flood risk listYO21 1SD: not on the flood risk listYO21 1TE: not on the flood risk listYO21 1TF: not on the flood risk listYO21 1TH: not on the flood risk listYO21 1TJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1XH: not on the flood risk listYO21 1YE: not on the flood risk listYO21 1YF: not on the flood risk listYO21 1YG: not on the flood risk listYO21 1YH: not on the flood risk listYO21 1YJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 1YQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AA: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AB: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AE: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AF: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AG: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AH: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AL: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AN: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AP: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AR: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AS: not on the flood risk listYO21 3AW: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BA: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BB: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BD: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BF: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BH: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BL: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BN: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BP: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BS: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BU: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BX: not on the flood risk listYO21 3BY: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DA: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DB: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DD: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DE: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DH: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DL: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DN: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DP: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DT: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DU: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DW: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DX: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DY: not on the flood risk listYO21 3DZ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EA: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EB: not on the flood risk listYO21 3ED: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EE: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EF: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EG: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EL: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EN: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EP: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3ER: not on the flood risk listYO21 3ES: not on the flood risk listYO21 3ET: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EU: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EW: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EX: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EY: not on the flood risk listYO21 3EZ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3FA: not on the flood risk listYO21 3FD: not on the flood risk listYO21 3FE: not on the flood risk listYO21 3FF: not on the flood risk listYO21 3FH: not on the flood risk listYO21 3FJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3FL: not on the flood risk listYO21 3FN: not on the flood risk listYO21 3FR: not on the flood risk listYO21 3FT: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HA: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HB: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HD: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HE: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HG: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HH: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HL: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HN: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HR: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HS: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HT: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HX: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HY: not on the flood risk listYO21 3HZ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JA: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JB: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JD: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JE: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JF: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JG: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JH: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JL: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JN: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JP: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JR: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JS: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JT: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JU: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JW: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JX: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JY: not on the flood risk listYO21 3JZ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LB: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LE: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LF: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LG: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LH: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LL: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LP: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LR: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LS: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LT: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LU: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LW: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LX: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LY: not on the flood risk listYO21 3LZ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NA: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NB: not on the flood risk listYO21 3ND: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NE: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NF: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NG: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NH: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NL: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NN: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NP: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NR: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NT: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NU: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NW: not on the flood risk listYO21 3NX: not on the flood risk listYO21 3PA: not on the flood risk listYO21 3PB: not on the flood risk listYO21 3PD: not on the flood risk listYO21 3PE: not on the flood risk listYO21 3PL: not on the flood risk listYO21 3PP: not on the flood risk listYO21 3PT: not on the flood risk listYO21 3QB: not on the flood risk listYO21 3QD: not on the flood risk listYO21 3QE: not on the flood risk listYO21 3QF: not on the flood risk listYO21 3QN: not on the flood risk listYO21 3QW: not on the flood risk listYO21 3SL: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UA: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UB: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UD: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UE: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UF: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UG: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UH: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UJ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UL: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UN: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UP: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UQ: not on the flood risk listYO21 3UR: not on the flood risk listYO22 4AH: not on the flood risk listYO22 4AJ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4AY: not on the flood risk listYO22 4BF: not on the flood risk listYO22 4BH: not on the flood risk listYO22 4BJ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4BP: not on the flood risk listYO22 4BQ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4BT: not on the flood risk listYO22 4BU: not on the flood risk listYO22 4BW: not on the flood risk listYO22 4BZ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4DA: not on the flood risk listYO22 4DF: not on the flood risk listYO22 4DL: not on the flood risk listYO22 4DP: not on the flood risk listYO22 4DQ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4DS: not on the flood risk listYO22 4DT: not on the flood risk listYO22 4DU: not on the flood risk listYO22 4DW: not on the flood risk listYO22 4DY: not on the flood risk listYO22 4DZ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4EA: not on the flood risk listYO22 4EB: not on the flood risk listYO22 4ED: not on the flood risk listYO22 4EE: not on the flood risk listYO22 4EH: not on the flood risk listYO22 4EJ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4EN: not on the flood risk listYO22 4EP: not on the flood risk listYO22 4ER: not on the flood risk listYO22 4ES: not on the flood risk listYO22 4ET: not on the flood risk listYO22 4EU: not on the flood risk listYO22 4EX: not on the flood risk listYO22 4EY: not on the flood risk listYO22 4EZ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4FA: not on the flood risk listYO22 4FB: not on the flood risk listYO22 4FN: not on the flood risk listYO22 4FU: not on the flood risk listYO22 4FW: not on the flood risk listYO22 4FY: not on the flood risk listYO22 4GD: not on the flood risk listYO22 4GE: not on the flood risk listYO22 4GF: not on the flood risk listYO22 4GH: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HA: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HB: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HE: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HF: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HG: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HJ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HL: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HN: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HP: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HQ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HR: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HS: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HT: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HU: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HW: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HX: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HY: not on the flood risk listYO22 4HZ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4JA: not on the flood risk listYO22 4JB: not on the flood risk listYO22 4JD: not on the flood risk listYO22 4JF: not on the flood risk listYO22 4JG: not on the flood risk listYO22 4JH: not on the flood risk listYO22 4JJ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4JL: not on the flood risk listYO22 4JN: not on the flood risk listYO22 4JQ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4JT: not on the flood risk listYO22 4JW: not on the flood risk listYO22 4LX: not on the flood risk listYO22 4LY: not on the flood risk listYO22 4LZ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4NA: not on the flood risk listYO22 4ND: not on the flood risk listYO22 4NF: not on the flood risk listYO22 4NG: not on the flood risk listYO22 4NH: not on the flood risk listYO22 4NJ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4NL: not on the flood risk listYO22 4NQ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4PT: not on the flood risk listYO22 4PU: not on the flood risk listYO22 4PZ: not on the flood risk listYO22 4QA: not on the flood risk listYO22 4QP: not on the flood risk listYO22 4QR: not on the flood risk listYO22 4QS: not on the flood risk listYO22 4QT: not on the flood risk listYO22 4QU: not on the flood risk listYO22 4QX: not on the flood risk listYO22 4QY: not on the flood risk listYO21 3PR: very low flood risk onlyYO21 3PX: very low flood risk onlyYO21 3PZ: very low flood risk onlyYO21 1BH: low flood risk at worstYO21 1BL: low flood risk at worstYO21 1BN: low flood risk at worstYO21 1DA: low flood risk at worstYO21 1DB: low flood risk at worstYO21 1DU: low flood risk at worstYO21 1EA: low flood risk at worstYO21 1EZ: low flood risk at worstYO21 1FA: low flood risk at worstYO21 1HB: low flood risk at worstYO21 1JZ: low flood risk at worstYO21 1QH: low flood risk at worstYO21 1QJ: low flood risk at worstYO21 1QL: low flood risk at worstYO21 1QP: low flood risk at worstYO21 1QW: low flood risk at worstYO21 1RQ: low flood risk at worstYO21 3PU: low flood risk at worstYO22 4AA: low flood risk at worstYO22 4AR: low flood risk at worstYO22 4AT: low flood risk at worstYO22 4BG: low flood risk at worstYO22 4EG: low flood risk at worstYO22 4FE: low flood risk at worstYO22 4FF: low flood risk at worstYO22 4FG: low flood risk at worstYO22 4FH: low flood risk at worstYO22 4FJ: low flood risk at worstYO22 4FL: low flood risk at worstYO22 4JE: low flood risk at worstYO22 5JA: low flood risk at worstYO21 1LY: medium flood risk at worstYO21 1NH: medium flood risk at worstYO21 1NL: medium flood risk at worstYO22 5HN: medium flood risk at worstYO21 1BP: high flood riskYO21 1DH: high flood riskYO21 1DL: high flood riskYO21 1DN: high flood riskYO21 1EU: high flood riskYO21 1NJ: high flood riskYO21 1PG: high flood riskYO21 1RL: high flood riskYO21 1YL: high flood riskYO21 1YN: high flood riskYO21 3PW: high flood riskYO21 3PY: high flood riskYO22 4AB: high flood riskYO22 4AG: high flood riskYO22 4AE: high flood riskYO22 4AL: high flood riskYO22 4AN: high flood riskYO22 4AP: high flood riskYO22 4AS: high flood riskYO22 4AU: high flood riskYO22 4AW: high flood riskYO22 4BA: high flood riskYO22 4BE: high flood riskYO22 4DB: high flood riskYO22 4DD: high flood riskYO22 4DE: high flood riskYO22 4DH: high flood riskYO22 4DJ: high flood riskYO22 4DN: high flood riskYO22 4EF: high flood riskYO22 4EQ: high flood riskYO22 4EW: high flood riskYO22 4FD: high flood riskYO22 5HL: high flood risk Whitby 28 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to YO22 4AE, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk28 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Whitby, by flood risk Of the 531 postcodes in Whitby that ONS places, 35 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 35 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 454 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 28 postcodes at high or medium risk. 2 postcodes lie beyond the edge and are listed under the map. Places named: Whitby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Whitby
  • A home or business at high risk: 35
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 35
  • At very low risk only: 3
  • Not on the at-risk list: 454
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 531 postcodes in Whitby that ONS places, 35 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 35 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 454 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.4836, longitude -0.6205. 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

35 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

YO22 4AE27 at high riskYO21 1DH27 at high riskYO21 1RL21 at high riskYO22 4AN14 at high riskYO21 1BW12 at high riskYO21 1PG12 at high riskYO22 4FD9 at high riskYO22 4AP8 at high riskYO21 1DL8 at high riskYO22 4AW7 at high riskYO22 4AS6 at high riskYO22 5HL5 at high risk

2 further out, not drawn

These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.

YO21 1AXYO21 1BF

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 28 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. YO22 4AE, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Whitby?

Homes sold for a typical £222,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 9.4% on the 12 months before. At 344 of the 513 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 237 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 77 of its 531 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Whitby, 350 metres 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 Whitby?

Homes in Whitby sold for a typical £222,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 151 sales, down 9.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£222,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£245,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 9.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £348,000 27 sales
  • Semi-detached £232,500 52 sales
  • Terraced £211,150 42 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £149,000 30 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole YO21 district, Whitby's main postcode district: a typical £245,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Whitby: 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 Whitby?

30 of the 531 postcodes now in use in Whitby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 24 of the 225 homes sold in Whitby were newly built (11%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO21 district, 4%.

The newest postcodes

YO21 9BFsince July 2026YO21 1BXsince February 2026YO21 9BEsince January 2026YO21 1BTsince September 2024YO21 3FTsince June 2024YO22 4GDsince March 2024

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn WhitbyAcross the YO21 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 151 (0%) 0 of 161 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 24 of 225 (11%) 9 of 222 (4%)

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 Whitby?

Ofcom reports on 513 of the 531 postcodes in Whitby. At 344 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit344 of 513
Postcodes where every home can get superfast479 of 513

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Whitby at risk of flooding?

77 of the 531 postcodes in Whitby 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 237 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 77 of 531 postcodes High: 197Medium: 40Low: 491Very low: 39

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 Whitby?

The open schools at the postcodes in Whitby. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Whitby?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Whitby is Whitby Rail Station, 350 m away in a straight line.

  • Whitby Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
  • Ruswarp Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
  • Sleights Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle

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 Whitby?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Whitby. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Whitby safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,436 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Whitby 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

  1. 90 September 2025
  2. 82 October 2025
  3. 119 November 2025
  4. 98 December 2025
  5. 104 January 2026
  6. 113 February 2026
  7. 141 March 2026
  8. 122 April 2026
  9. 153 May 2026
  10. 115 June 2026
  11. 121 July 2026
  12. 178 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences554 reports
Anti-social behaviour360 reports
Shoplifting130 reports
Criminal damage and arson106 reports
Public order75 reports
Other theft67 reports
Drugs40 reports
Vehicle crime31 reports

Also: burglary 26, other crime 15, possession of weapons 13, bicycle theft 7, theft from the person 6, robbery 6.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Whitby?

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 531 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 Whitby

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Whitby postcodes

531 postcodes in use in Whitby, by district:

YO21 postcode district,385 postcodesYO22 postcode district,146 postcodes

Those districts are all in the YO postcode area.

Check a Whitby postcode

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 Whitby

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Whitby's £222,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Loftus18.9 km, £119,000Brotton22.6 km, £152,500Scalby23.2 km, £390,000Skelton24.7 km, £188,950Saltburn-by-the-Sea25.6 km, £229,500Scarborough27.1 km, £175,000East Ayton and West Ayton27.4 km, £252,500Marske-by-the-Sea28.4 km, £180,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Whitby

What is it like to live in Whitby?
Homes sold for a typical £222,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 9.4% on the 12 months before. At 344 of the 513 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 237 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 77 of its 531 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Whitby, 350 metres 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 Whitby?
Whitby is covered by postcode districts YO21 and YO22, across 531 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Whitby in?
Whitby is in the North Yorkshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Whitby?
Whitby 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 Whitby?
Homes in Whitby sold for a typical £222,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 151 sales, down 9.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Whitby?
In Whitby, primary schools at its postcodes include Airy Hill Primary School, West Cliff Primary School and Stakesby Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Whitby School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Whitby have a railway station?
Yes: Whitby is 350 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Whitby, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Whitby?
Ofcom reports on 513 of the 531 postcodes in Whitby. At 344 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Whitby at risk of flooding?
77 of the 531 postcodes in Whitby 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 237 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 Whitby?
30 of the 531 postcodes now in use in Whitby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 24 of the 225 homes sold in Whitby were newly built (11%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO21 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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