Total Crime Rate
358.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
164.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elsworth Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 65th 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 Elsworth Close (DN1 3RW) in the last 12 months was 358.0 per 1,000 residents and was 122.1% higher than the Balby South average (161.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 164.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elsworth Close (DN1 3RW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grove Place, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cleveland Street (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bond Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cleveland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stirling Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grove Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cleveland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cleveland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grove Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grove Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Sepulchre Gate West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Sepulchre Gate West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Sepulchre Gate West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Sepulchre Gate West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Sepulchre Gate West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Sepulchre Gate West | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oxford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Sepulchre Gate West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Sepulchre Gate West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Sepulchre Gate West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Sepulchre Gate West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Sepulchre Gate West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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