Total Crime Rate
494.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crookes Broom Lane area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Hatfield , and the 31st highest crime rate of 1,001 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 Crookes Broom Lane (DN7 6JJ) in the last 12 months was 494.9 per 1,000 residents and was 278.4% higher than the Hatfield average (130.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 51.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crookes Broom Lane (DN7 6JJ), 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 Leverstock Green (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hatfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crookes Broom Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheep Dip Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leverstock Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crookes Broom Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crookes Broom Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheep Dip Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheep Dip Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sheep Dip Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheep Dip Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crookes Broom Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crookes Broom Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Milcroft Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leverstock Green | — |
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