YO21 2RH Area Guide - Crime, Schools & Is It a Good Place to Live?

YO21 2RH is a postcode in Esk Valley & Coast, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near YO21 2RH, then scores the surrounding small area 72/100 - top 15% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around YO21 2RH are health and local prosperity, while property market signals is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for YO21 2RH is based on Hambleton 001 Census 2021. It covers 7,679 residents, 89 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 53, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 66% owner-occupied, 13% privately rented, 20% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 9/10.

For property prices near YO21 2RH, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the YO21 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £220k from 20 rolling sales. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near YO21 2RH by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near YO21 2RH; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.