YO12 postcode area guide — North Yorkshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the YO12 postcode district in North Yorkshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in YO12
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
85.3%
Gigabit-capable
85.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the YO12 postcode district (North Yorkshire) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 878 postcodes Ofcom measures in YO12, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 85.3%.
Around 0.2% of premises in YO12 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in YO12
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| YO12 4AA | 100% | 100% |
| YO12 4AB | 100% | 100% |
| YO12 4AD | 100% | 100% |
| YO12 4AE | 100% | 100% |
| YO12 4AG | 100% | 100% |
| YO12 4AH | 100% | 100% |
| YO12 4AJ | 100% | 100% |
| YO12 4AL | 100% | 100% |
| YO12 4AN | 100% | 100% |
| YO12 4AP | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around North Yorkshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider North Yorkshire district (328,924 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
80.3%
4G outdoors — all networks
97.2%
5G outdoors — all networks
22.1%
Voice indoors — all networks
84%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in YO12
Police recorded 321 incidents within about a mile of the centre of YO12 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 113 | 35.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 71 | 22.1% |
| Shoplifting | 44 | 13.7% |
| Public order | 29 | 9.0% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 23 | 7.2% |
| Other theft | 14 | 4.4% |
| Drugs | 5 | 1.6% |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 1.2% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in YO12
Based on 507 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in YO12 is £175,000, down 2.8% on the previous year (£179,995).
Detached
£325,114
69 sales
Semi-detached
£210,000
167 sales
Terraced
£144,000
207 sales
Flat / maisonette
£117,000
52 sales
Latest recorded sales in YO12
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £218,000 | Semi-detached | Scalby Avenue | YO12 6HW |
| 22 May 2026 | £235,000 | Flat | North Marine Road | YO12 7JD |
| 22 May 2026 | £77,500 | Flat | North Marine Road | YO12 7JA |
| 15 May 2026 | £152,000 | Terraced | Candler Street | YO12 7DQ |
| 15 May 2026 | £170,000 | Terraced | Scalby Avenue | YO12 6HW |
| 14 May 2026 | £485,000 | Semi-detached | Station Road | YO12 4PB |
| 14 May 2026 | £120,000 | Flat | Ackworth Street | YO12 5EP |
| 8 May 2026 | £220,000 | Semi-detached | Westfield Avenue | YO12 6DG |
| 8 May 2026 | £102,000 | Flat | Wash Beck Close | YO12 4DR |
| 8 May 2026 | £120,000 | Terraced | Lyell Street | YO12 7LW |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? North Yorkshire demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider North Yorkshire district (615,491 residents, 274,381 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.1% |
| 15–29 | 18.9% |
| 30–44 | 17% |
| 45–64 | 23% |
| 65+ | 25% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 68.6% |
| Private rented | 18.7% |
| Social rented | 7.9% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around YO12
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scalby Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 980 | YO12 6TH |
| Graham School | Secondary | 11–16 | 893 | YO12 6QW |
| Gladstone Road Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 680 | YO12 7DD |
| St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 610 | YO12 5LH |
| Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 560 | YO12 6LP |
| Newby and Scalby Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 406 | YO12 5JA |
| Seamer and Irton Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 401 | YO12 4QX |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | Primary | 3–11 | 236 | YO12 6LX |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Energy performance (EPC) in YO12
From a sample of 354 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 YO12 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 34% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
8%
Band C
26%
Band D
39%
Band E
19%
Band F
6%
Band G
2%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for North Yorkshire
Landlines around YO12 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.