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DN15 6UW

Town · North Lincolnshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Town
Local authority
North Lincolnshire
Constituency
Scunthorpe
Postcode district
DN15
Postcode sector
DN15 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DN16 1DW 493 m
DN16 1DN 652 m
DN15 6TP 845 m
DN15 6UH 878 m
DN15 6TZ 880 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN15 6UW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN15
Postcode sector
DN15 6
Latitude
53.594792
Longitude
-0.628333
British National Grid easting
490,881
British National Grid northing
411,785

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Lincolnshire · E06000013
Electoral ward
Town · E05015092
Parish or community
E43000012
Westminster constituency
Scunthorpe · E14001462
Output area
E00067273
Lower layer super output area
North Lincolnshire 007D · E01013331
Middle layer super output area
North Lincolnshire 007 · E02002755

Postcode source versions

Explore DN15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
20
Secondary
7

  1. Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire

    University technical college

    990 m

  2. Scunthorpe CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.4 km

  3. Frodingham Infant School

    Community school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,882
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 575
  • Shoplifting 424
  • Public order 173
  • Criminal damage and arson 148
  • Anti social behaviour 97

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DN15 6 residents
5,009

Age bands in DN15 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

918 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.6%

605 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.5%

2,014 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.7%

1,185 residents

Age 65 and over
9.7%

505 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
93.1%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
6.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
6.9%
Gigabit-capable
6.9%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
3.4%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
55.2%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • CHERRY TREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    IRONSTONE CENTRE, WEST STREET, SCUNTHORPE, DN15 6HX

    ODS code B81617

    1.6 km

  • THE OSWALD ROAD MEDICAL SURGERY

    78 OSWALD ROAD, SCUNTHORPE, DN15 7PG

    ODS code B81090

    1.8 km

  • CHURCH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 ORCHID RISE, CHURCH LANE, SCUNTHORPE, DN15 7AN

    ODS code B81064

    2.4 km

  • ANCORA MEDICAL PRACTICE

    291 ASHBY ROAD, SCUNTHORPE, DN16 2AB

    ODS code B81026

    3.2 km

  • CEDAR MEDICAL PRACTICE

    275 ASHBY ROAD, SCUNTHORPE, DN16 2AB

    ODS code B81113

    3.2 km

  • ASHBY TURN PRIMARY CARE PARTNERS

    ASHBY THE LINK, SCUNTHORPE, DN16 2UT

    ODS code B81045

    3.7 km

  • WEST COMMON LANE TEACHING PRACTICE

    DORCHESTER ROAD, SCUNTHORPE, DN17 1YH

    ODS code B81118

    4.2 km

  • CAMBRIDGE AVENUE & MESSINGHAM MC

    CAMBRIDGE AVENUE, BOTTESFORD, SCUNTHORPE, DN16 3LG

    ODS code B81022

    4.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • High Street East

    BCT · Scunthorpe

    0.5 miles

  • BOC Works

    BCT · Scunthorpe

    0.5 miles

  • BOC Works

    BCT · Scunthorpe

    0.5 miles

  • Gala Bingo

    BCT · Scunthorpe

    0.6 miles

  • Gala Bingo

    BCT · Scunthorpe

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Lincolnshire 007D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,386 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
3
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

37 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 7 secondary schools. Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire is the nearest published school at 990 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,882 published events cover 12 months, averaging 156.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 575 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.