Total Crime Rate

173.6 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 173.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Other theft 18.9 9/10
  • Burglary 15.1 10/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Browning Avenue area has the 36th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 223rd 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 Browning Avenue (DN4 8LH) in the last 12 months was 173.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 75.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Browning Avenue (DN4 8LH), the main crime hotspot is near Dryden Road. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Browning Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gray Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longfellow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Longfellow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Longfellow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longfellow Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Stevenson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stevenson Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Swinburne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Swinburne Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gray Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldsmith Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gray Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbolt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbolt Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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