Crime Statistics for Balby, Doncaster, Doncaster, 2024

There were a total of 204 street level crime incidents in Balby in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Balby, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	55
Shoplifting	43
Drugs	25
Anti Social Behaviour	22
Vehicle Crime	12
Other Theft	11
Public Order	10
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Burglary	5
Possession Of Weapons	4
Other Crime	4
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	204

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Balby. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Balby

We've taken the ten nearest places to Balby and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Balby has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Doncaster (1.39 miles)	676
Newton (0.88 miles)	483
Hexthorpe (0.88 miles)	483
Bentley Rise (1.96 miles)	392
Balby	204
New Edlington (2.24 miles)	139
Warmsworth (0.88 miles)	133
Cusworth (1.96 miles)	55
Loversall (2.24 miles)	17
Sprotbrough (1.39 miles)	8

Where are the most violent places near Balby?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Balby and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Doncaster	224
Newton	129
Hexthorpe	129
Bentley Rise	119
Balby	55
New Edlington	47
Warmsworth	39
Cusworth	15
Loversall	3
Sprotbrough	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Balby?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Balby to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Balby compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Balby and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Balby have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Sprotbrough.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hexthorpe & Balby North	91
2	Town	87
3	Mexborough	86
4	Edlington & Warmsworth	86
5	Bentley	82
6	Balby South	79
7	Conisbrough	79
8	Roman Ridge	68
9	Bessacarr	66
10	Tickhill & Wadsworth	56
11	Sprotbrough	54

Which road in Balby has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Balby with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Ashmount Court.