DN15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Scunthorpe, Berkeley and Crosby, in North Lincolnshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DN15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DN15, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DN15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DN15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DN15 at a rate of 147.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 116.1 per 1,000 people across DN.
In August 2026 alone, 505 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DN15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,024), other crime (1,110) and shoplifting (869).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DN15 was 137.2 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in DN15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DN15 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DN15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Lincolnshire 003A | 1,500 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| North Lincolnshire 003B | 1,569 | 85.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| North Lincolnshire 003C | 1,695 | 70.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.4% |
| North Lincolnshire 003D | 1,589 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.8% |
| North Lincolnshire 005A | 2,249 | 243.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.1% |
| North Lincolnshire 005B | 1,466 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 005C | 1,592 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.4% |
| North Lincolnshire 005D | 1,699 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 71.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 005E | 1,470 | 18.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| North Lincolnshire 007A | 2,557 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| North Lincolnshire 007B | 1,765 | 163.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.8% |
| North Lincolnshire 007C | 1,585 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% |
| North Lincolnshire 007D | 1,585 | 316.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.7% |
| North Lincolnshire 008A | 1,842 | 160.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 008B | 1,780 | 252.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| North Lincolnshire 008C | 1,604 | 170.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| North Lincolnshire 008D | 1,896 | 718.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.1% |
| North Lincolnshire 008E | 1,870 | 110.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.5% |
| North Lincolnshire 009A | 1,378 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 009B | 1,613 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| North Lincolnshire 009C | 1,652 | 132.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 009D | 1,652 | 107.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 013A | 1,945 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.1% |
MPs for DN15
- Sir Nicholas DakinLabourMP for Scunthorpe96% of DN15’s postcodes
- Martin VickersConservativeMP for Brigg and Immingham4.4% of DN15’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in DN155
Postcode sectors in DN156
Council1
Towns in DN151
Postcode districts next to DN154
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DN15 in brief
DN15 is a postcode district covering Scunthorpe, Berkeley and Crosby, in North Lincolnshire.
About 38,580 people lived in DN15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £165,000 in 2025 across 477 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 147.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DN15 was £165,000 in 2025.
DN15 had 37,662 usual residents at the census.
In DN15, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DN15, 5.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.