Total Crime Rate
161.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Mexborough , and the 257th highest crime rate of 1,001 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 Chapel Street (S64 9RE) in the last 12 months was 161.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 87.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Street (S64 9RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highwoods Crescent, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wath Road (20 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 | Wath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spencer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Court | 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 | Burglary | Oak Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitelee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitelee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highwoods Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sycamore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sycamore Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roman Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roman Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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