Total Crime Rate
328.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sandford Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sandford Road (DN4 8DD) in the last 12 months was 328.9 per 1,000 residents and was 76.6% higher than the Balby South average (186.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (β 107.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandford Road (DN4 8DD), 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.
View Crime In Balby South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grange Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Central Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Central Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stonegate Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stonegate Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grange Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Hill Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Carr Hill Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cookson Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
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