Total Crime Rate
416.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Waverley 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.
View Crime In Balby South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rockliffe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Austen Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Waverley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anelay Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gilberthorpe Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Aldam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smith Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anelay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anelay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldam Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Anelay Road | Under investigation |
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