Total Crime Rate
132.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Smith Square area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 326th highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Smith Square (DN4 0SS) in the last 12 months was 132.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.0% lower than the Balby South average (186.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 78.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Smith Square (DN4 0SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ranyard Road, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Anelay Road (15 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 | Drugs | Gilberthorpe Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anelay Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smith Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smith Square | — |
| 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 | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anelay 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 | Thomson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larchfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Horse Shoe Court | 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 | Anelay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Armitage Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Anelay Road | Under investigation |
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