Total Crime Rate
49.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Surrey Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 294th lowest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Surrey Street (DN4 8JA) in the last 12 months was 49.7 per 1,000 residents and was 69.2% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Surrey Street (DN4 8JA), the main crime hotspot is near Melville Avenue. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Suffolk Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Melville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Melville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Byron Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melville Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melville Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grange Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lambeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenby Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sheppard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lambeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Street | — |
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