Total Crime Rate
177.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Earlesmere Avenue area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 211th 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 Earlesmere Avenue (DN4 0QD) in the last 12 months was 177.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.0% lower than the Balby South average (186.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (β 93.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earlesmere Avenue (DN4 0QD), the main crime hotspot is near Melville Avenue. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 39 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bellis Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marshall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Melville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Furnival Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Melville Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Melville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bellis Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tenby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellis Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King Edward Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Earlesmere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Florence Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Melville Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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