Total Crime Rate
358.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Askern Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Bentley , and the 59th highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Askern Road (DN5 0EF) in the last 12 months was 358.3 per 1,000 residents and was 145.3% higher than the Bentley average (146.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 104.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 122.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Askern Road (DN5 0EF), the main crime hotspot is near The Homestead. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bentley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Finkle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Finkle Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Finkle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Finkle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Finkle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Finkle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Limbreck Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Homestead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Homestead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Moat Hills Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Limbreck Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Homestead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
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