Crime Rates at Skellow Road, Carcroft, Doncaster, DN6 8HQ

Skellow Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Adwick le Street & Carcroft , and the 32nd 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 Skellow Road (DN6 8HQ) in the last 12 months was 492.2 per 1,000 residents and was 213.6% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 195.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Skellow Road (DN6 8HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Borrowdale Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.