Total Crime Rate

240.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 240.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 36.7 8/10
  • Other theft 25.4 10/10
  • Public order 25.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.8 9/10
  • Drugs 17.0 9/10
  • Other crime 17.0 10/10
  • Robbery 11.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.7 8/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
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

Doncaster Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Crofton, Ryhill and Walton , and the 134th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Doncaster Road (WF1 5JF) in the last 12 months was 240.1 per 1,000 residents and was 275.3% higher than the Crofton, Ryhill and Walton average (64.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 81.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Doncaster Road (WF1 5JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fall Ings Road, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Round Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Crime Over Time in Doncaster Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fall Ings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Fall Ings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Birch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Denmark Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Claremont Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Claremont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Round Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Round Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Round Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Clarion Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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