Total Crime Rate
97.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Low Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 463rd highest 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 Low Road (DN4 8PN) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 39.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Low Road (DN4 8PN), the main crime hotspot is near Marshall Avenue. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 18 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 | Other theft | Ronald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Low Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ronald Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ronald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marshall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oswin Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ronald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rose Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sheppard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Marshall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Marshall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | May Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | May Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenby Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peakstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thomson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oakwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Larchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ronald Road | Under investigation |
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