Total Crime Rate

337.8 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 337.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 91.2 10/10
  • Public order 34.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.2 10/10
  • Burglary 16.1 10/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Other crime 10.7 10/10
  • Other theft 10.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • 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

Laughton Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 70th highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Laughton Road (DN4 0BT) in the last 12 months was 337.8 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -19.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 150.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laughton Road (DN4 0BT), 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 Laughton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Eden Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lindum Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eden Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Eden Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shirley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Senior Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Senior Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denison Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Denison Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eden Grove
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Denison Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eden Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denison Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ramsden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Flowitt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wharncliffe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ramsden Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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