Total Crime Rate
34.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wolsey Avenue area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Wheatley Hills & Intake , and the 177th lowest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wolsey Avenue (DN2 6EJ) in the last 12 months was 34.1 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% lower than the Wheatley Hills & Intake average (138.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wolsey Avenue (DN2 6EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Warren Close. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 32 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Warren Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warren Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Warren Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Warren Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Warren Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Warren Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Warren Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Warren Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Warren Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Runnymede Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Runnymede Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Devonshire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Runnymede Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Runnymede Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Warren Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Warren Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Raleigh Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tudor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Court | Under investigation |
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