Total Crime Rate

250.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

142.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 250.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 142.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 131.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Public order 11.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Church Balk area has the 6th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Thorne & Moorends , and the 123rd 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 Church Balk (DN8 5BY) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 144.9% higher 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Balk (DN8 5BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Balk, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tennyson Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Balk area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Houps Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Haynes Grove Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other theft Haynes Green Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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