Crime Rate in Wheatley Hills & Intake, ward

Wheatley Hills & Intake has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Doncaster district and the 1000th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 89th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wheatley Hills & Intake in the last 12 months was 126.7 per 1,000 residents and was 7.9% lower than the Doncaster district average (137.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wheatley Hills & Intake’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 823 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 6 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 88.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -30.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,032 (≈ 51.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wheatley Hills & Intake ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 214 crimes here, including 126 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.