Total Crime Rate
32.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waverley Avenue area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 159th lowest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Waverley Avenue (DN4 0SB) in the last 12 months was 32.3 per 1,000 residents and was 80.0% lower than the Balby South average (161.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 26.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waverley Avenue (DN4 0SB), the main crime hotspot is near Kenilworth Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warmsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Armitage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Armitage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Armitage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Warmsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kenilworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambria Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambria Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandycroft Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waverley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austen Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anelay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anelay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anelay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melrose Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melrose Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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