Scawthorpe
Middle areaWest Doncaster. 7,776 people in 2.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 84% of people in Scawthorpe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Scawthorpe
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Scawthorpe at a rate of 82.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 130.4 per 1,000 people across Doncaster.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 273 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 115 |
| Other crime | 111 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 56 |
| Vehicle crime | 31 |
| Burglary | 19 |
| Drug offences | 16 |
| Shoplifting | 11 |
| Robbery | 9 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Scawthorpe compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Scawthorpe safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Scawthorpe at a rate of 82.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 130.4 per 1,000 people across Doncaster.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 52 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Scawthorpe.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (273), anti-social behaviour (115) and other crime (111).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Doncaster
These figures are published for the whole of Doncaster, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Doncaster and not Scawthorpe alone. See Doncaster
Scawthorpe in brief
The median price paid for a home in Scawthorpe was £168,000 in 2025.
Scawthorpe had 7,748 usual residents at the census.
About 84% of people in Scawthorpe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Scawthorpe, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.