Total Crime Rate

88.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 88.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Other crime 10.6 9/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle 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

Birch Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bessacarr , and the 498th lowest 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 Birch Road (DN4 6PD) in the last 12 months was 88.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% lower than the Bessacarr average (108.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birch Road (DN4 6PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Scouting Way, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Acacia Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birch Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wensley Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Acacia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leyburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Leyburn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Stone Font Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Scouting Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Scouting Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Scouting Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scouting Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Almond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Almond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Lilac Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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