Total Crime Rate

106.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.4 7/10
  • Drugs 34.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.5 6/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lime Tree Avenue area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 413th highest crime rate of 1,002 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 Lime Tree Avenue (DN4 5BP) in the last 12 months was 106.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.6% lower than the Hexthorpe & Balby North average (224.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 1100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Tree Avenue (DN4 5BP), the main crime hotspot is near Roman Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lime Tree Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theobald Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theobald Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Theobald Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theobald Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Tree Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hamilton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Clark Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bennetthorpe Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bennetthorpe Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clark Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thoresby Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Thoresby Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thoresby Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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