Total Crime Rate

107.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 107.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 24.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.9 6/10
  • Burglary 12.5 9/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Thorne Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Norton & Askern , and the 410th highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thorne Road (DN7 5BJ) in the last 12 months was 107.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3.0% higher than the Norton & Askern average (104.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thorne Road (DN7 5BJ), the main crime hotspot is near New Park Estate. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thorne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ramskir Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ramskir Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Park Estate —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holme Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chestnut Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chestnut Avenue —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ramskir Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dr Anderson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holme Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holme Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nutfields Grove —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nutfields Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosegarth Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosegarth Court —
Sep 2025Drugs Cedar Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cedar Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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