Total Crime Rate
122.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Westminster Crescent area has the 14th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Wheatley Hills & Intake , and the 354th highest crime rate of 1,002 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 Westminster Crescent (DN2 6PS) in the last 12 months was 122.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% lower than the Wheatley Hills & Intake average (126.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westminster Crescent (DN2 6PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warwick Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Armthorpe Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wheatley Hills & Intake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardigan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shetland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardigan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cardigan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardigan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leamington Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shetland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shetland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Warwick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Armthorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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