Total Crime Rate

570.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 570.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 207.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.7 10/10
  • Public order 58.8 10/10
  • Drugs 51.9 10/10
  • Other theft 38.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 31.1 7/10
  • Burglary 24.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.8 10/10
  • Other crime 10.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.4 10/10
  • Robbery 10.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sheardown Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 21st 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 Sheardown Street (DN4 0BH) in the last 12 months was 570.9 per 1,000 residents and was 154.6% higher than the Hexthorpe & Balby North average (224.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 83 (≈ 287.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheardown Street (DN4 0BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Denison Road, where police recorded 109 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ramsden Road (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sheardown Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hexthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mutual Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ellerker Avenue
Sep 2025Drugs Ellerker Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Ramsden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ramsden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ellerker Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ramsden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ramsden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ramsden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ramsden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellerker Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellerker Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mutual Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stone Close Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stone Close Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Stone Close Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stone Close Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stone Close Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stone Close Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stone Close Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Abbott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mutual Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ramsden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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