Total Crime Rate

339.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 339.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 41.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 41.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.7 9/10
  • Other theft 27.4 10/10
  • Public order 24.0 10/10
  • Burglary 13.7 9/10
  • Drugs 13.7 9/10
  • Other crime 10.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Gurney Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 68th 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 Gurney Road (DN4 8LA) in the last 12 months was 339.0 per 1,000 residents and was 82.0% higher than the Balby South average (186.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 143.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gurney Road (DN4 8LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Byron Avenue, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gurney Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gray Gardens
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gray Gardens
Sep 2025Public order Gray Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Swinburne Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other theft Swinburne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ruskin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbolt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Byron Avenue 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 Burns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbolt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Surrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation

Data Sources

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