Total Crime Rate

625.8 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 625.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 288.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 98.2 10/10
  • Public order 67.5 10/10
  • Burglary 42.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.9 10/10
  • Other crime 36.8 10/10
  • Other theft 24.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.1 8/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Wharncliffe Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 15th 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 Wharncliffe Street (DN4 0DQ) in the last 12 months was 625.8 per 1,000 residents and was 179.1% 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 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 220.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -4.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 368.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wharncliffe Street (DN4 0DQ), 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.

Crime Over Time in Wharncliffe Street area

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

Data Sources

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