Adwick le Street

It's Addick. Say the le and you'll get a slap.

Twinned with anywhere that says the le

73/100Crap Score

Locals call it Addick.

263rd crappest of 984 towns, and 17th in South Yorkshire. Higher scores are crapper.

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Crap Town of the Year 2026/27

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Scones? In Addick? Behave.

Sounds like the sort of place with a tea room. What you get is vandals and joyriders.

Adwick le Street. Sounds lovely, doesn't it? Sounds like scones. It's a pit village outside Doncaster where nobody says the le, the pit's long gone, and the vandalism runs at two and a half times the typical town's rate.

The firebugs are busy, at nearly nine times the typical town's. Bins, grass, whatever's going. Car crime's nearly three times the typical town's as well, so if it isn't on fire it's been nicked. There's 2 pubs. There's a motte and bailey up the road. Last time anyone defended the place.

The editor, who just called it Addick

What the score is made of

Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.

Adwick le Street's 98 for criminal damage and arson means it's crapper than 98% of towns.

Criminal damage and arson98/10017.9 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
Deliberate fires98/10050.5 per 10,000 people a year, April 2023 to March 2026
Anti-social behaviour89/10026.0 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
Serious road collisions86/1003.7 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
Air pollution62/1008.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of fine particles, 2024 average
Sewage spills56/100354 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
Fly-tipping31/1008.0 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Doncaster council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
Food hygiene30/1001.3% rated 0 to 2, of the 80 food businesses with a rating
Rain15/100116 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
Broadband14/1003.3% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 3.6% across the Doncaster council area

**Your patch: South Yorkshire**Towns in the same county. Top of the table is crappest.
Pos	Town	National	Score
13	Swallownest and Aston	202nd	80
14	Conisbrough	207th	79
15	Royston	216th	78
16	Dunscroft and Hatfield	235th	76
17	Adwick le Street	263rd	73
18	Warmsworth	296th	70
19	Maltby	347th	65
20	Swinton	380th	61
21	Scawthorpe and Cusworth	428th	57

Adwick le Street by numbers

Thinking of moving here? Don't say we didn't warn you.

Crime, muck and dodgy water

What's left on the high street

Getting about, getting online, getting rained on

Doncaster council

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Adwick le Street against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.

Against

Adwick le StreetCrap Score 73

Scawthorpe and CusworthCrap Score 57

Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.