Total Crime Rate
46.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wembley Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Thorne & Moorends , and the 271st lowest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wembley Road (DN8 4PS) in the last 12 months was 46.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% lower than the Thorne & Moorends average (102.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wembley Road (DN8 4PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gainford Square, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marshland Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newfields Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newholme Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bloomhill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wembley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orchard Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church View Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newholme Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moorside Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorside Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kents Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church View Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorside Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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