Total Crime Rate
214.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wells Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Town , and the 160th 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 Wells Road (DN2 4HQ) in the last 12 months was 214.1 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% lower than the Town average (307.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wells Road (DN2 4HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Parkway North. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parkway North | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkway North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkway North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkway North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ripon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrowden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrowden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lichfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Canterbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
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