Total Crime Rate
232.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandford Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 136th highest crime rate of 1,001 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 232.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.2% higher than the Balby South average (161.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 99.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.3% 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 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ruskin Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenby Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sheppard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Low Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Byron Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Road | — |
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