Total Crime Rate
96.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Broadway area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 466th 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 The Broadway (DN4 9BS) in the last 12 months was 96.9 per 1,000 residents and was 39.9% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 61.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Broadway (DN4 9BS), the main crime hotspot is near Walpole Close. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 33 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Millwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Galsworthy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aldcliffe Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearwood Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walpole Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Walpole Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wychwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Walpole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Millwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priestley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priestley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sherwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Priestley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Close | Under investigation |
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