Total Crime Rate
90.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wainwright Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 492nd highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wainwright Road (DN4 5BU) in the last 12 months was 90.0 per 1,000 residents and was 59.9% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 47.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wainwright Road (DN4 5BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lady Bank Drive, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roman Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hexthorpe & Balby North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clark Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carr House Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Carr House Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Palmer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rainton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theobald Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theobald Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theobald Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theobald Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Childers Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Childers Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rainton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr House Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lady Bank Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Roman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clark Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lady Bank Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lady Bank Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lady Bank Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lady Bank Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Roman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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