Scawthorpe and Cusworth
TownTown in Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Scawthorpe and Cusworth is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Scawthorpe and Cusworth add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Scawthorpe and Cusworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Scawthorpe and Cusworth compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Scawthorpe and Cusworth safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Scawthorpe and Cusworth at a rate of 103.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 121 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Scawthorpe and Cusworth.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (426), anti-social behaviour (243) and shoplifting (215).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Scawthorpe and Cusworth was 104.3 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 Scawthorpe and Cusworth, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Scawthorpe and Cusworth has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Scawthorpe and Cusworth
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster 012A | 2,096 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Doncaster 012C | 1,456 | 91.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| Doncaster 012D | 1,446 | 131.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.5% |
| Doncaster 012E | 1,290 | 93.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| Doncaster 016A | 1,373 | 74.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Doncaster 016B | 1,380 | 184.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Doncaster 016C | 1,630 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Doncaster 016D | 1,620 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Doncaster 020C | 1,604 | 142.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.6% |
Your MP
- Ed MilibandLabourMP for Doncaster North
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Scawthorpe and Cusworth1
Middle areas in Scawthorpe and Cusworth2
Towns near Scawthorpe and Cusworth6
Scawthorpe and Cusworth in brief
Scawthorpe and Cusworth is a town in Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 12,983 people lived in Scawthorpe and Cusworth in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £175,750 in 2025 across 196 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 103.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Scawthorpe and Cusworth was £175,750 in 2025.
Scawthorpe and Cusworth had 13,020 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Scawthorpe and Cusworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Scawthorpe and Cusworth, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.