Total Crime Rate

97.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 55.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.0 8/10
  • Burglary 17.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Low 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 8PW) 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 8PW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Low Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tenby Gardens
Apr 2026Drugs Ronald Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Marshall Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oliver Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Marshall Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Marshall Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oliver Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Oliver Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Low Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ronald Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ronald Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Ronald Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ronald Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Byron Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peakstone Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Byron Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Sheppard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Road
Apr 2026Other crime Larchfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oswin Avenue
Apr 2026Other crime Oakwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Thomson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thomson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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