Total Crime Rate
247.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
148.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Boswell Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Rossington & Bawtry , and the 126th 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 Boswell Close (DN11 0RD) in the last 12 months was 247.7 per 1,000 residents and was 225.3% higher than the Rossington & Bawtry average (76.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 148.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boswell Close (DN11 0RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Melton Close, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radburn Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radburn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Skipwith Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Skipwith Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Melton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melton Close | Under investigation |
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