Total Crime Rate
3.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wood Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Humberston and New Waltham , and the 7th lowest crime rate of 515 local areas in North East 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 Wood Close (DN33 2QB) in the last 12 months was 3.8 per 1,000 residents and was 93.5% lower than the Humberston and New Waltham average (58.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wood Close (DN33 2QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Purbeck Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairfield Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Scartho| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Purbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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