Total Crime Rate

114.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.5 9/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Shirley Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 382nd highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shirley Road (DN4 0DJ) in the last 12 months was 114.7 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 60.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shirley Road (DN4 0DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Ramsden Road. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shirley Road area

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

Data Sources

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