Total Crime Rate
9.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashby Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Brumby , and the 29th lowest crime rate of 535 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 Ashby Road (DN16 2AB) in the last 12 months was 9.9 per 1,000 residents and was 92.6% lower than the Brumby average (134.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -99.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashby Road (DN16 2AB), the main crime hotspot is near Rivelin Place. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Scunthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rivelin Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thornton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thornton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woollin Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivelin Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cathedral Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hopkins Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rivelin Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivelin Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivelin Place | Under investigation |
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