Total Crime Rate
649.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Balby Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 13th 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 Balby Road (DN4 0NE) in the last 12 months was 649.1 per 1,000 residents and was 248.5% higher than the Balby South average (186.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 112 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 170.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 139.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Balby Road (DN4 0NE), the main crime hotspot is near Balby Road. Police recorded 187 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Balby South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grange Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grange Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Melville Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Balby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Hill Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Balby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Carr Hill Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Balby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lister Avenue | Under investigation |
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