Total Crime Rate
516.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
307.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cambridge Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Mexborough , and the 27th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cambridge Street (S64 9RN) in the last 12 months was 516.3 per 1,000 residents and was 248.4% 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 307.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambridge Street (S64 9RN), 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 | Wath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manvers Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roman Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roman Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sycamore Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sycamore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Street | 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 | Local resolution |
| 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 | Roman Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highwoods Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manvers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oak Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitelee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitelee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Court | Under investigation |
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