Total Crime Rate
108.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Orion Way area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 403rd highest 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 Orion Way (DN4 8AE) in the last 12 months was 108.9 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% lower than the Balby South average (186.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 47.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orion Way (DN4 8AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chroma Drive, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorado Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Balby South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorado Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodfield Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Libra Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Libra Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Libra Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorado Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burgundy Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chroma Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carina Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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