Total Crime Rate
448.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
247.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lothian Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Wheatley Hills & Intake , and the 38th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lothian Road (DN2 6JB) in the last 12 months was 448.3 per 1,000 residents and was 224.1% higher 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 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -31.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 247.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lothian Road (DN2 6JB), the main crime hotspot is near Atholl Crescent. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 40 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 | Queensberry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coniston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danesthorpe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cardigan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cardigan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cardigan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Appleby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensberry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Danesthorpe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bluefield Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluefield Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Atholl Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Atholl Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wembley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wembley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lothian Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dorset Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atholl Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntingdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensberry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Danesthorpe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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