Total Crime Rate
67.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Daw Lane area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 116 local areas in Bentley , and the 387th lowest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Daw Lane (DN5 0PF) in the last 12 months was 67.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.0% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Daw Lane (DN5 0PF), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Winnipeg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Winnipeg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Radcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | West Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Garth | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | French Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorne Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pickering Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | French Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowlands Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winnipeg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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