Total Crime Rate
85.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Alder Grove area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 480th lowest crime rate of 1,002 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 Alder Grove (DN4 8RF) in the last 12 months was 85.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.4% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 45.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alder Grove (DN4 8RF), the main crime hotspot is near Regent Street. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Balby South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sheppard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ronald Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oliver Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laurel Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ronald Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ronald Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Furnival Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laburnum Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ronald Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larchfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Belvedere | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | May Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | May Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marshall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
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