Total Crime Rate
161.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawfield Close area has the 36th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 256th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hawfield Close (DN4 0JE) in the last 12 months was 161.7 per 1,000 residents and was 0.3% higher than the Balby South average (161.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 56.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawfield Close (DN4 0JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laneside Close, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shady Side (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shady Side | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shady Side | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Langer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Langer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharncliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharncliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharncliffe Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharncliffe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharncliffe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stevens Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evanston Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Evanston Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shady Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Langer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shady Side | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shady Side | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laneside Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Laneside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Laneside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Laneside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laneside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laneside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laneside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laneside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greenfield Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grange View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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