Total Crime Rate

201.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 201.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.6 10/10
  • Burglary 17.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 12.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Scrooby Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Blyth , and the 37th highest crime rate of 384 local areas in Bassetlaw .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Scrooby Close (DN11 8JJ) in the last 12 months was 201.5 per 1,000 residents and was 94.2% higher than the Blyth average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 68.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scrooby Close (DN11 8JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Well Hill Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Scrooby Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandymount West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sandymount West Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandymount West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandymount West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Sandymount Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Well Hill Drive
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Well Hill Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Hill Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Hill Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Hill Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dorchester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Dorchester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Scrooby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Scrooby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Scrooby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scrooby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Woodside View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grosvenor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket

Data Sources

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