# Scawthorpe and Cusworth

Town in Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Scawthorpe and Cusworth is a town in Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £175,750 in 2025. Recorded crime 103.8 per 1,000 people.

Town. Code E63001184. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster)

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.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £175,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Scawthorpe and Cusworth was £175,750 in 2025. Joint 134th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/scawthorpe-and-cusworth#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 13,020** (2021). Scawthorpe and Cusworth had 13,020 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 411th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/scawthorpe-and-cusworth#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (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. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/scawthorpe-and-cusworth#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.9%** (January 2026). In Scawthorpe and Cusworth, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/scawthorpe-and-cusworth#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001184) (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.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001184) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 196 homes were sold in Scawthorpe and Cusworth in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001184) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Scawthorpe and Cusworth.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001184) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Scawthorpe and Cusworth had 13,020 usual residents at the census.

## How Scawthorpe and Cusworth compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Scawthorpe and Cusworth | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £175,750 | 31st cheapest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 13,020 | 42nd least populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.9% | joint 37th highest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## 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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Scawthorpe and Cusworth

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Doncaster 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster/neighbourhood/e01007512) | 2,096 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Doncaster 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster/neighbourhood/e01007515) | 1,456 | 91.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| [Doncaster 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster/neighbourhood/e01007518) | 1,446 | 131.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.5% |
| [Doncaster 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster/neighbourhood/e01007519) | 1,290 | 93.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| [Doncaster 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster/neighbourhood/e01007581) | 1,373 | 74.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [Doncaster 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster/neighbourhood/e01007582) | 1,380 | 184.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| [Doncaster 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster/neighbourhood/e01007588) | 1,630 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Doncaster 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster/neighbourhood/e01007589) | 1,620 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| [Doncaster 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster/neighbourhood/e01007587) | 1,604 | 142.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.6% |

## Your MP

- [Doncaster North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/doncaster-north): Ed Miliband (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster)

## Postcode districts covering Scawthorpe and Cusworth

[DN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dn5)

## Middle areas in Scawthorpe and Cusworth

[Cusworth](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster/cusworth), [Scawthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster/scawthorpe)

## Towns near Scawthorpe and Cusworth

[Bentley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bentley), [Sprotbrough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sprotbrough), [Adwick le Street](https://openindex.co.uk/town/adwick-le-street), [Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/doncaster), [Warmsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/warmsworth), [Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kirk-sandall-and-edenthorpe)

## 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.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001184
- Constituency: [Doncaster North †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/doncaster-north)
- Council: [Doncaster †](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster)
- Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 3.25 km²
- People, mid-2024: 12,983*
- Neighbourhoods: 9
- Output areas: 45

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Bentley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bentley), [Sprotbrough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sprotbrough), [Adwick le Street](https://openindex.co.uk/town/adwick-le-street), [Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/doncaster), [Warmsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/warmsworth), [Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kirk-sandall-and-edenthorpe)

## Latest updates for Scawthorpe and Cusworth

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001184

## How to cite

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