Total Crime Rate
542.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Smith Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 1,001 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 Smith Street (DN4 0SF) in the last 12 months was 542.9 per 1,000 residents and was 236.8% higher than the Balby South average (161.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 159 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 85.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Smith Street (DN4 0SF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ranyard Road, where police recorded 176 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kenilworth Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anelay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandycroft Crescent | 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 | St Peter'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milner 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Warmsworth Road | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Kenilworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ranyard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Terrace | — |
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