Total Crime Rate
158.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Riley Avenue area has the 38th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Balby South , and the 255th highest 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 Riley Avenue (DN4 9EG) in the last 12 months was 158.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 96.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Riley Avenue (DN4 9EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ranyard Road, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Austen Avenue (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Balby South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Springwell Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Armitage Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Austen Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ranyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gilberthorpe Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anelay Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anelay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anelay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Anelay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Buttercup Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Springwell Gardens | — |
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