Total Crime Rate

416.7 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 416.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 277.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.3 8/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Waverley Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 50th 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 Waverley Avenue (DN4 0RU) in the last 12 months was 416.7 per 1,000 residents and was 123.7% 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 110 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 73.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waverley Avenue (DN4 0RU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ranyard Road, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kenilworth Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waverley Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waverley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rockliffe Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Austen Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waverley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waverley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anelay Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Drugs Gilberthorpe Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Aldam Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smith Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anelay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ranyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anelay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldam Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Anelay Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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