DN16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Scunthorpe, Ashby and New Brumby, 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 DN16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in DN16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DN16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DN16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DN16 at a rate of 123.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 116.1 per 1,000 people across the DN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 321 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DN16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,593), other crime (805) and anti-social behaviour (435).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DN16 was 118.8 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 DN16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DN16 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DN16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Lincolnshire 010A | 1,479 | 213.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| North Lincolnshire 010B | 1,908 | 175.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 010C | 1,513 | 109.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% |
| North Lincolnshire 010D | 1,540 | 95.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| North Lincolnshire 014A | 1,494 | 146.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 014B | 1,375 | 240.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 014C | 1,440 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 015A | 1,657 | 164.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.9% |
| North Lincolnshire 015C | 1,839 | 212.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 015D | 1,295 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| North Lincolnshire 015E | 1,382 | 157.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 015F | 1,239 | 96.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 015G | 1,413 | 228.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| North Lincolnshire 017A | 1,579 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| North Lincolnshire 017B | 1,451 | 287.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| North Lincolnshire 018B | 1,766 | 105.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 018C | 1,397 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 018D | 1,284 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 018E | 1,382 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 018F | 1,386 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 018G | 1,740 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 019D | 1,810 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
Your MP
- Sir Nicholas DakinLabourMP for Scunthorpe
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
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Council1
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Nearest rail stations1
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DN16 in brief
DN16 is a postcode district covering Scunthorpe, Ashby and New Brumby, in North Lincolnshire.
About 33,168 people lived in DN16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £150,000 in 2025 across 466 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 123.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DN16 was £150,000 in 2025.
DN16 had 32,686 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in DN16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DN16, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.