Total Crime Rate
197.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Askern Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Bentley , and the 182nd highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Askern Road (DN5 0JD) in the last 12 months was 197.2 per 1,000 residents and was 36.9% higher than the Bentley average (144.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Askern Road (DN5 0JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winnipeg Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bentley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Winnipeg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limbreck Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winnipeg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Radcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | West Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winnipeg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Limbreck Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Limbreck Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Limbreck Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | French Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorne Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | French Street | Under investigation |
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