Crime Rate in Town, ward

Town has the highest crime rate of 21 wards in Doncaster district and the 99th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 9th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Town in the last 12 months was 317.2 per 1,000 residents and was 130.6% higher than the Doncaster district average (137.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Town’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2,363 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 70 cases , down -5.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 22.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -14.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3,223 (≈ 140.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 578 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nightclub (232 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.