Total Crime Rate
42.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elmham Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bessacarr , and the 240th lowest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elmham Road (DN4 6LF) in the last 12 months was 42.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.1% lower than the Bessacarr average (108.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elmham Road (DN4 6LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Scouting Way, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Forest Grange (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lewyns Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barret Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coterel Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coterel Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forest Grange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scouting Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cantley Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cantley Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Palington Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Palington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palington Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bardolf Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Barret Road | Under investigation |
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