Total Crime Rate
18.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Briar Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Armthorpe , and the 67th 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 Briar Road (DN3 2EE) in the last 12 months was 18.9 per 1,000 residents and was 79.6% lower than the Armthorpe average (92.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Briar Road (DN3 2EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beech Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Almond Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Armthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beech Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oak Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Almond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Almond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rose Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poplar Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holly Dene | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holly Dene | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beech Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rose Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elm Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mere Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mere Grove | Under investigation |
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