Crime Rates at Connaught Road, Scunthorpe, DN15 8GU

Connaught Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Crosby & Park , and the 251st highest crime rate of 534 local areas in North Lincolnshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Connaught Road (DN15 8GU) in the last 12 months was 60.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.9% 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 Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 160.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Connaught Road (DN15 8GU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burke Street (North), where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chatterton Crescent (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.