Total Crime Rate
155.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadway area has the 15th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Hatfield , and the 270th 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 Broadway (DN7 4AL) in the last 12 months was 155.7 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% higher than the Hatfield average (130.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 83.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (DN7 4AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sheep Dip Lane, where police recorded 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Edwins Close (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mews Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sheep Dip Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edwins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edwins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edwins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broadway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrenne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheep Dip Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheep Dip Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Edwins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winchester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabtree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabtree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheep Dip Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hampton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheep Dip Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edwins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edwins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Craven Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edwins Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norwood Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edwins Drive | — |
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