Total Crime Rate

88.2 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 88.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.2 8/10
  • Burglary 11.8 9/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Other crime 8.8 9/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Sandford Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 500th 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 Sandford Road (DN4 8EG) in the last 12 months was 88.2 per 1,000 residents and was 52.6% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 44.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandford Road (DN4 8EG), the main crime hotspot is near Melville Avenue. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sandford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whittier Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Surrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Whittier Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grange Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittier Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oliver Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Regent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grange Avenue
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ruskin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Grange Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oliver Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grange Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grange Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sheppard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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