Crap Towns / Scunthorpe / Crime

How much crime is there in Scunthorpe?

The police recorded 129 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Scunthorpe from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.7 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 54.7. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 129, down from 136 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	136	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	121	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	129	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	54.7	34.1
Shoplifting	15.7	7.1
Public order	12.1	6.6
Criminal damage and arson	11.8	7.0
Other theft	8.6	5.4
Burglary	7.4	3.1
Vehicle crime	5.2	3.8
Other crime	4.2	2.0
Drugs	3.9	2.4
Robbery	1.8	0.6
Bicycle theft	1.6	0.5
Possession of weapons	1.4	0.8
Theft from the person	0.5	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Gainsborough	21.7 km	148
Scunthorpe	–	129
Goole	20.5 km	101
Thorne	21.3 km	95.5
Brigg	11.0 km	95.4
Dunscroft and Hatfield	24.1 km	83.2
Moorends	20.6 km	76.2
Hessle	20.8 km	69.1
Barton-upon-Humber	18.0 km	62.8
Willerby and Anlaby	23.2 km	51.5
Brough	17.1 km	36.2
The typical town	–	76.2