Total Crime Rate
85.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ferrers Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 483rd lowest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ferrers Road (DN2 4BU) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.5% lower than the Hexthorpe & Balby North average (234.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (β 25.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ferrers Road (DN2 4BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hospital, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victorian Crescent (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckett Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Raby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Canterbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plunket Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmoral Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plunket Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plunket Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrowden Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrowden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Raby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Axholme Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Raby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raby Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wentworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wentworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferrers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferrers Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Axholme Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Axholme Court | Local resolution |
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