Total Crime Rate
91.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thoresby Avenue area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 492nd highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thoresby Avenue (DN4 5BJ) in the last 12 months was 91.8 per 1,000 residents and was 60.9% lower than the Hexthorpe & Balby North average (234.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 57.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thoresby Avenue (DN4 5BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theobald Avenue, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thoresby Avenue (17 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 | Welbeck Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamilton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hamilton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thoresby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lime Tree Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clumber Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clumber Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clumber Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lime Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Danum Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hamilton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hamilton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bennetthorpe | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theobald Avenue | — |
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