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14,000 people call this town in South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber home. 12% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. Natural hazards weigh more here: 50.8% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. With a C+ overall, Dunscroft and Hatfield is better than 38% of UK towns. It ranks #27 of 63 in South Yorkshire. Its schools beat most (A): primary results beat 85% of towns in England; secondary results beat 80% of towns in England. Housing is within reach (A−): the median home sold for £194,750, 4.5 years of area income. Safety is weaker too (D): 37.4 violent and sexual offences and 24.1 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 20%.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
The 3 things Dunscroft and Hatfield does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Dunscroft and Hatfield is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Dunscroft and Hatfield’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade I.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dunscroft and Hatfield.
At 45.1, the median resident of Dunscroft and Hatfield sits in the middle of the age range. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, above South Yorkshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Dunscroft and Hatfield | South Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3% | 6.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 21% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · South Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Three of its 7 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. At the town’s 5 primary schools, 69% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Secondary results at the 3 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 49.9, with 57% at grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travis St Lawrence Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 400 | C+ |
| Ash Hill AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 827 | A |
| Crookesbroom Primary AcademyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 207 | A+ |
Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 21.2 reports per 1,000, above South Yorkshire’s towns (13.4) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. Police recorded 1,168 crimes inside Dunscroft and Hatfield’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 304 reports of anti-social behaviour. Among the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Dunscroft and Hatfield has more crime per resident than four fifths of them. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 45% of recorded crime.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
6.9% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, close to South Yorkshire’s towns (6.7%) and above England’s towns (5.2%). 2 GP practices serve the town; 82% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Dunscroft and Hatfield | South Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.9% | 6.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Social renters account for 13% of households. Half of the 693 standard sales inside Dunscroft and Hatfield’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £194,750. It is the 25th most expensive of 63 towns of 2,500+ in South Yorkshire.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £262,000 | 283 |
| Semi-detached | £165,000 | 336 |
| Terraced | £135,000 | 65 |
| Flat or maisonette | £92,900 | 9 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 3% of the total. Dunscroft and Hatfield’s listed buildings include the Church of St Lawrence, Grade I. Scaled to its population, Dunscroft and Hatfield has 21 listed buildings per 10,000 people, above South Yorkshire’s towns (10) but below England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 18% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 86% of commuters, above South Yorkshire’s towns (77%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. The census counted 18% of workers working mainly from home. Work in town: a tenth of resident commuters. Unemployment benefit claims reached 3.4% of 16 to 64s in 2026.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
30 listed buildings in Dunscroft and Hatfield, 2 of them Grade I.
Coachhouse immediately to south-west of Hatfield House Farmhouse: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Elmtree House: Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Bawtry Road Farmhouse: Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Lings Windmill: Photo: Colin Cheesman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
4 notable people were born in Dunscroft and Hatfield.
Janet Baker: Ron Kroon for Anefo, CC0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunscroft and Hatfield | 14,000 | — | C+ | A− | D | D |
| Stainforth | 5,999 | 1.5 | C− | A | D− | D− |
| Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe | 13,090 | 2.2 | B | A− | C | C+ |
| Hatfield Woodhouse | 2,208 | 2.8 | — | A | D− | C− |
| Armthorpe | 14,161 | 3.1 | B− | A− | C− | D |
| Thorne | 12,303 | 3.5 | D | A− | D | D |
| Branton | 1,823 | 4.6 | — | B | B+ | A− |
| Moorends | 5,194 | 4.7 | C | A | C− | D− |
Hatfield Woodhouse and Branton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
GCSE results beat 80% of towns in England, and primary results beat 85% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Town in South Yorkshire, England
Dunscroft and Hatfield is a built-up area of 14,000 people, in the Doncaster council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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