Total Crime Rate
24.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ancaster Avenue area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Scartho , and the 79th lowest crime rate of 515 local areas in North East 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 Ancaster Avenue (DN33 3LL) in the last 12 months was 24.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.8% lower than the Scartho average (57.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ancaster Avenue (DN33 3LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rosemallow Close, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trefoil Close (6 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 | Rosemallow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coniston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Well Vale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elizabeth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wicklow Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wicklow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wicklow Avenue | Local resolution |
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