Total Crime Rate

127.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.5 9/10
  • Burglary 22.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.6 5/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Melrose Cottages area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Finningley , and the 336th highest crime rate of 1,002 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 Melrose Cottages (DN10 6NT) in the last 12 months was 127.5 per 1,000 residents and was 172.4% higher than the Finningley average (46.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melrose Cottages (DN10 6NT), the main crime hotspot is near Gresley Avenue. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Melrose Cottages area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft North Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandbeck Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Gresley Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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