Total Crime Rate

138.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 138.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.8 7/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 10.1 9/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Spencer Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Mexborough , and the 309th highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Spencer Street (S64 9RD) in the last 12 months was 138.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% lower than the Mexborough average (147.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 84.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spencer Street (S64 9RD), the main crime hotspot is near Newark Road. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Spencer Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitelee Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oak Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitelee Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Frederick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frederick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorne Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Newark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Newark Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Barker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roman Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highwoods Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Highwoods Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Highwoods Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Highwoods Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roman Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sycamore Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roman Gardens —

Data Sources

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