Total Crime Rate
1671.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
351.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Herten Way area has the highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bessacarr , and the 5th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Herten Way (DN4 7NW) in the last 12 months was 1671.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1448.1% higher than the Bessacarr average (108.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 114 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (β 351.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Herten Way (DN4 7NW), the main crime hotspot is near Swan Road. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 36 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 | Herten Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Swan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gliwice Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gliwice Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gliwice Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rovers Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lake View | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gliwice Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herten Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herten Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herten Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herten Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herten Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gliwice Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chester Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chester Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lake View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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