Crime Rates at Kirkby Road, Scunthorpe, DN17 2JZ

Kirkby Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Ashby Central , and the 137th highest crime rate of 535 local areas in North Lincolnshire .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kirkby Road (DN17 2JZ) in the last 12 months was 107.9 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% lower than the Ashby Central average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kirkby Road (DN17 2JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Searby Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.