Postcode · Scunthorpe
Crime in DN16 3PB
How much crime is recorded in DN16 3PB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Scunthorpe Bottesford
- Council
- North Lincolnshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,331 (2024)
How safe is DN16 3PB
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 15.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DN16 3PB area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
DN16 3PBNational
Violence and sexual offences11.923.6
Burglary5.89.1
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Anti-social behaviour2.710.7
Other theft1.84.5
Public order1.84.6
Other crime1.51.5
Shoplifting0.78.4
Robbery0.61.4
Vehicle crime0.63.5
Drugs0.62.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.