Total Crime Rate

909.9 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 909.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 459.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 126.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.6 10/10
  • Other crime 49.6 10/10
  • Public order 45.1 10/10
  • Other theft 40.5 10/10
  • Burglary 36.0 10/10
  • Drugs 27.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.0 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.5 10/10
  • Robbery 9.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bentley Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 8th highest crime rate of 1,002 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 Bentley Avenue (DN4 0BU) in the last 12 months was 909.9 per 1,000 residents and was 305.8% 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 102 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 117 (≈ 527.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bentley Avenue (DN4 0BU), 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 Bentley Avenue area

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

Data Sources

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