Esk Valley & Runswick Coast

North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,439 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,810 of 6,856 in England
  • #410 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #71 of 77 in North Yorkshire
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,525
Median age (est.)54
Density21per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above34%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 32%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 11%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 30%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 21% · Managers & directors 16% · Professional 15%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades21%
Managers & directors16%
Professional15%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Associate professional9%
Administrative6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 0%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 0%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 34% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Esk Valley & Runswick Coast is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,810 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #71 of 77 in North Yorkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (87) but weak on Living environment (0). Typical homes here, about £292,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 88 sales), 8% above the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,743 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 61 · #2,658
Employment 50 · #3,432
Education 44 · #3,871
Health 50 · #3,419
Crime 87 · #869
Housing & access 3 · #6,620
Living environment 0 · #6,833

House prices ?

£292,500median (12m) · +0.9% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£292,50088+0.9%+29.1%
Detached£356,50030-17.2%-14.4%
Semi-detached£295,00031+18.0%+37.2%
Terraced£220,00023-10.2%+10.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£292,500
North Yorkshire£270,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£33,743±£4,773 · #5,428 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,642
Price-to-income ?8.7×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 230 offences
North Yorkshire50
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #877 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences94
Theft35
Burglary37
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons18
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 46 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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