Total Crime Rate
102.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middlebrook Lane area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Thorne & Moorends , and the 429th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Middlebrook Lane (DN8 5LB) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middlebrook Lane (DN8 5LB), the main crime hotspot is near King Street. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Barn Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rainbow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tithe Barn Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Tree Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stonegate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Silver Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horse Fair Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | South Parade | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmhirst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Barn Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
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