Total Crime Rate

106.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 106.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.8 7/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Clarence Avenue area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 416th 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 Clarence Avenue (DN4 8AU) in the last 12 months was 106.2 per 1,000 residents and was 43.0% lower than the Balby South average (186.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clarence Avenue (DN4 8AU), the main crime hotspot is near Balby Road. Police recorded 187 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Clarence Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Rose Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Carr View Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Balby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Balby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Balby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Balby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Balby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Clarence Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Clarence Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scarth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Balby Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scarth Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lister Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lister Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carr Hill Court —
Sep 2025Other crime Carr Hill Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cookson Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Great Central Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Great Central Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Balby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balby Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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