Scarborough Central
North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,878 · 5 LSOAs
Part of Scarborough · Postcode YO11 · YO12
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #5,359 of 6,856 in England
- #461 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
- #73 of 77 in North Yorkshire
- More deprived (bottom 30%)
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Elementary 16% · Caring & leisure 14% · Skilled trades 14%
All occupation groups
| Elementary | 16% |
| Caring & leisure | 14% |
| Skilled trades | 14% |
| Professional | 13% |
| Associate professional | 11% |
| Sales & customer service | 10% |
| Process & plant | 8% |
| Managers & directors | 7% |
| Administrative | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 49% · Christian 43% · Muslim 1%
Born outside the UK: 10%
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
Scarborough Central is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,359 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #73 of 77 in North Yorkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (97) but weak on Living environment (0). Typical homes here sold for about £140,500 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 134 sales), 48% below the wider North Yorkshire median of £270,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,411 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 111 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £140,500 | 134 | +0.4% | +12.4% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=3) | |||
| Semi-detached | £185,000 | 7 | -20.9% | +13.5% |
| Terraced | £145,500 | 110 | +5.4% | +18.8% |
| Flat | £85,750 | 14 | — | +16.7% |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Household income
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 ?
- #2,968 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #5,245 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 352 |
| Theft | 224 |
| Burglary | 13 |
| Vehicle crime | 20 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 74 |
| Public order & weapons | 93 |
| Drugs | 75 |
| Robbery | 9 |
| Other | 16 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 252 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in North Yorkshire
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Egerton ParkWirral22£180,000
- Shipley TownBradford22£190,000
- Rochford Town & CanewdonRochford22£325,000
- Becontree WestBarking and Dagenham22£370,000
- BedfontHounslow22£460,500
- East Ham NorthNewham22£517,500