Total Crime Rate
322.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Childers Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 76th highest crime rate of 1,001 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 Childers Street (DN4 5BZ) in the last 12 months was 322.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.4% 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 Shoplifting with 50 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 Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 92.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Childers Street (DN4 5BZ), the main crime hotspot is near Lady Bank Drive. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lady Bank Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lady Bank Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lady Bank Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lady Bank Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lady Bank Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lady Bank Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lady Bank Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lady Bank Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooper Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooper Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theobald Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lady Bank Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lady Bank Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lady Bank Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lady Bank Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elmfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Carr House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lady Bank Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lady Bank Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lady Bank Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lady Bank Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lady Bank Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr House Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Under investigation |
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