Total Crime Rate
82.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buckingham Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 470th lowest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Buckingham Road (DN2 5DE) in the last 12 months was 82.4 per 1,000 residents and was 64.9% lower than the Hexthorpe & Balby North average (234.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckingham Road (DN2 5DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hospital, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Imperial Crescent (14 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 | Imperial Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plunket Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Imperial Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Imperial Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plunket Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Imperial Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hampton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hampton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plunket Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmoral Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Zetland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
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