We've been in Skelly over 3 years, I'm a bit taken aback at those crime stats as I personally wasn't aware of any of those crimes (and this is a small village where everyone knows everybody else's business). Odd.
It doesn't necessarily smell, either, unless you're downwind of the factory place. Which at least half of the village isn't - we're not, we drive through the smell sometimes if I leave via Jerusalem, but it's not a constant smell anyway.
I rarely go via A46, I use backroads if it's anywhere near rush hour.
We've been happy here, we're moving to Saxilby shortly, though, mostly cos we can get more for our money house-wise, plus it has more going on for the kids, and the train station is a major plus for me as I have to go into London for work fairly frequently.
Birchwood: agree with pp, be careful which part you head for. My parents have lived their 10 years in a perfectly nice, quiet part. But just a few streets away is a different story.