Total Crime Rate

161.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

87.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 161.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 87.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.8 9/10
  • Other crime 13.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chapel 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.

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Crime Over Time in Chapel Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wath Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newark Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Victoria Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spencer Street
Apr 2026Other theft Spencer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roman Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Oak Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitelee Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitelee Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Highwoods Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Newark Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roman Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Sycamore Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Sycamore Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roman Gardens
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wath Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Roman Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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