Total Crime Rate

146.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 146.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.3 9/10
  • Public order 24.4 10/10
  • Other crime 15.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Scawthorpe Avenue area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Bentley , and the 287th 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 Scawthorpe Avenue (DN5 9DF) in the last 12 months was 146.3 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% higher than the Bentley average (146.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 106.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 96.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scawthorpe Avenue (DN5 9DF), the main crime hotspot is near Scawthorpe Avenue. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Scawthorpe Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scawthorpe Avenue Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Langthwaite Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Langthwaite Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scawthorpe Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scawthorpe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashton Avenue Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ashton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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