Total Crime Rate
147.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawthorne Crescent area has the 21st highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Mexborough , and the 281st 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 Hawthorne Crescent (S64 9EJ) in the last 12 months was 147.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.4% lower than the Mexborough average (148.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 89.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorne Crescent (S64 9EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highwoods Crescent, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manvers Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mexborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manvers Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitelee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spencer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitelee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manvers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manvers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manvers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manvers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manvers Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manvers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highwoods Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sycamore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sycamore Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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