Overview of Doncaster crime rate
Crime rating – high.
Doncaster ranks 3rd out of 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts for crime rate. In 2023, there were 47157 crime incidents reported. As per the latest census, Doncaster has a population of 308106. This equates to a crime rate of 153.05 per 1000 residents. This crime rate represents a decrease of 0.27 % compared to previous year.
Doncaster ranks 3rd out of 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts for crime rate. In 2023, there were 47157 crime incidents reported. As per the latest census, Doncaster has a population of 308106. This equates to a crime rate of 153.05 per 1000 residents. This crime rate represents a decrease of 0.27 % compared to previous year.
Most common crime types in Doncaster are Violence and sexual offences (33.3%) Anti-social behaviour (13.6%) Criminal damage and arson (9.2%) and least common crime types are Possession of weapons (1.0%) Bicycle theft (0.6%) Theft from the person (0.5%).
There are 21 wards in Doncaster. Wards with high crime rates are Town (Doncaster) (439.2), Hexthorpe & Balby North (269.7), Balby South (176.8) . On the other end, safest wards are Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall (81.4), Sprotbrough (78.0), Finningley (69.9) .
Similarly, looking at Postcode districts that are within or overlapping with Doncaster, we see high crime rates in DN1 (760.4), S25 (178.3), S65 (169.3) . Safest postcode districts are DN14 (81.0), DN10 (63.6), DN9 (61.1) .
Doncaster crime incidents by crime type
A total of 47157 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.
- Violence and sexual offences – 15724 (33.3)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 6399 (13.6)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 4325 (9.2)%
- Shoplifting – 4162 (8.8)%
- Public order – 3717 (7.9)%
- Other theft – 3111 (6.6)%
- Vehicle crime – 2887 (6.1)%
- Burglary – 2751 (5.8)%
- Other crime – 1565 (3.3)%
- Drugs – 992 (2.1)%
- Robbery – 533 (1.1)%
- Possession of weapons – 485 (1.0)%
- Bicycle theft – 278 (0.6)%
- Theft from the person – 228 (0.5)%
How does Doncaster compare against nearby areas ?
Doncaster ranks 3rd when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
Heat map for all nearby areas Doncaster is compared against
Crime rates in Doncaster wards
There are 21 wards within Doncaster. Town (Doncaster), Hexthorpe & Balby North, Balby South has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
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List of all 21 wards from high crime rate to low.
Analyze trends and crime types for Doncaster wards
Crime rates in postcode districts under Doncaster
There are 19 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Doncaster. Highest crime rates in DN1, S25, S65 .
- DN1 – 760.4
- S25 – 178.3
- S65 – 169.3
- DN4 – 169.2
- DN2 – 157.5
- DN6 – 156.6
- S26 – 150.1
- DN12 – 149.1
- WF8 – 137.9
- DN7 – 133.3
- DN5 – 127.0
- S64 – 121.4
- DN8 – 101.0
- DN11 – 100.8
- S66 – 94.1
- DN3 – 81.7
- DN14 – 81.0
- DN10 – 63.6
- DN9 – 61.1
Postcode districts in Doncaster
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