Total Crime Rate

139.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

84.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 139.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 84.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rectory Gardens area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 302nd highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rectory Gardens (DN1 2JU) in the last 12 months was 139.9 per 1,000 residents and was 40.4% lower than the Hexthorpe & Balby North average (234.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 84.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Gardens (DN1 2JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rectory Gardens (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rectory Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lawn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Lockwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lockwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lockwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lockwood Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary King'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jubilee Road
Apr 2026Robbery Lawn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lawn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lawn Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Queen'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Vincent Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Queen'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Vincent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs St Vincent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Vincent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Vincent Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Royal Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Royal Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary St Vincent Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baxter Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Auckland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Auckland Road

Data Sources

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