DN17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Scunthorpe, Westcliff and Riddings, 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 DN17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 81% of people in DN17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DN17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DN17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DN17 at a rate of 86.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 116.1 per 1,000 people across the DN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 258 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DN17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,392), other crime (601) and criminal damage and arson (297).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DN17 was 87.7 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 DN17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DN17 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DN17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Lincolnshire 006A | 1,447 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.7% |
| North Lincolnshire 006B | 1,535 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.9% |
| North Lincolnshire 006C | 1,692 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.8% |
| North Lincolnshire 006D | 1,778 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.4% |
| North Lincolnshire 006E | 1,802 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| North Lincolnshire 012A | 1,536 | 199.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.2% |
| North Lincolnshire 012B | 1,191 | 57.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| North Lincolnshire 012C | 1,432 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| North Lincolnshire 012D | 1,633 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| North Lincolnshire 014D | 2,090 | 139.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| North Lincolnshire 016A | 1,617 | 215.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 016B | 1,452 | 105.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 016C | 1,433 | 94.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 016D | 1,495 | 123.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| North Lincolnshire 017C | 1,593 | 155.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.8% |
| North Lincolnshire 017D | 1,524 | 117.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 019A | 1,398 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 019B | 1,837 | 44.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 019C | 1,576 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 021A | 1,442 | 68.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.7% |
| North Lincolnshire 021C | 1,372 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| North Lincolnshire 021D | 1,255 | 21.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
MPs for DN17
- Sir Nicholas DakinLabourMP for Scunthorpe69% of DN17’s postcodes
- Lee PitcherLabourMP for Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme30% of DN17’s postcodes
- Sir Edward LeighConservativeMP for Gainsborough0.5% of DN17’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 DN175
Postcode sectors in DN174
Council1
Towns in DN171
Postcode districts next to DN177
Nearest rail stations2
More in the DN postcode area2
DN17 in brief
DN17 is a postcode district covering Scunthorpe, Westcliff and Riddings, in North Lincolnshire.
About 36,143 people lived in DN17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £170,000 in 2025 across 527 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 86.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DN17 was £170,000 in 2025.
DN17 had 36,285 usual residents at the census.
About 81% of people in DN17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DN17, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.