Total Crime Rate
336.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 71st highest crime rate of 1,001 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 South Street (DN4 5AF) in the last 12 months was 336.1 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% higher than the Hexthorpe & Balby North average (234.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 101.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Street (DN4 5AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Carr House Road, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Apley 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooper Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Apley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Apley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elmfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr House Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Decoy Bank North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | School House Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarratt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooper Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Carr House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Apley Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Apley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bentinck Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nelson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nelson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chequer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Jarratt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Apley Road | Under investigation |
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