Total Crime Rate

136.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 136.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 29.5 7/10
  • Robbery 18.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Burglary 11.1 9/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Sandford Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 314th 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 8EU) in the last 12 months was 136.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.7% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandford Road (DN4 8EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Byron Avenue, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whittier Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sandford Road area

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

Data Sources

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