Total Crime Rate
296.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sandford Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 87th 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 8HA) in the last 12 months was 296.1 per 1,000 residents and was 59.0% higher than the Balby South average (186.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 84.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandford Road (DN4 8HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Byron Avenue, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Regent Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Balby South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whittier Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tenby Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sheppard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oliver Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Whittier Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ruskin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittier Road | Under investigation |
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