Total Crime Rate
178.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Low Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 215th highest crime rate of 1,001 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 Low Road (DN4 8PP) in the last 12 months was 178.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% higher 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 68.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Low Road (DN4 8PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Byron Avenue, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marshall Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Marshall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oswin Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ronald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ronald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ronald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ronald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ronald Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Low Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marshall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Marshall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | May Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | May Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sheppard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenby Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Byron Avenue | 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 | Shoplifting | Byron Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
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