Total Crime Rate

300.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 300.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 39.4 10/10
  • Public order 29.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.6 10/10
  • Burglary 14.8 9/10
  • Other crime 9.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.9 10/10
  • Robbery 9.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.9 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Skellow Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Adwick le Street & Carcroft , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 1,002 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 Skellow Road (DN6 8HJ) in the last 12 months was 300.5 per 1,000 residents and was 91.5% higher than the Adwick le Street & Carcroft average (157.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 128.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Skellow Road (DN6 8HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Buttermere Close. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Adwick le Street & Carcroft

Crime Over Time in Skellow Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Repton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Repton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Buttermere Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Buttermere Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Trafalgar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street —
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Data Sources

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