Crime Rates at Highfield Avenue, Scunthorpe, DN15 7DZ

Highfield Avenue area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Crosby & Park , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 534 local areas in North Lincolnshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield Avenue (DN15 7DZ) in the last 12 months was 87.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.3% lower than the Crosby & Park average (118.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 52.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Avenue (DN15 7DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.