Total Crime Rate
85.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meredith Crescent area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 485th lowest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Meredith Crescent (DN4 8NR) in the last 12 months was 85.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meredith Crescent (DN4 8NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Byron Avenue, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swinburne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swinburne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Suffolk Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinburne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Burns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newbolt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Byron Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Road | — |
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