Crime Rates at Sandhouse Crescent, Scunthorpe, DN16 1JF

Sandhouse Crescent area has the highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Frodingham , and the 14th highest crime rate of 535 local areas in North Lincolnshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sandhouse Crescent (DN16 1JF) in the last 12 months was 478.7 per 1,000 residents and was 196.3% higher than the Frodingham average (161.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -35.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 145.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandhouse Crescent (DN16 1JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lilac Avenue, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rowmills Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.