Total Crime Rate
625.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wharncliffe 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ramsden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ramsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ramsden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wharncliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wharncliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wharncliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharncliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharncliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shady Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ramsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nicholson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shirley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Senior Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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