Total Crime Rate

266.9 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 266.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.9 10/10
  • Public order 24.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Drugs 18.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.2 9/10
  • Robbery 13.5 9/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Hawfield Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 105th highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hawfield Close (DN4 0JE) in the last 12 months was 266.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.3% higher than the Balby South average (186.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 137.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.4% 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 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shady Side (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hawfield Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharncliffe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenfield Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Florence Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shady Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivor Grove
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivor Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Windle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Nicholson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gladstone Road
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shirley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grange View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Grange View Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grange View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grange View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Grange View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharncliffe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scarll Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivor Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Apple Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Laneside Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellis Avenue
Sep 2025Burglary Wharncliffe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wharncliffe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bellis Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bellis Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laneside Close

Data Sources

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