Crime Statistics for Doncaster Common, Doncaster, Doncaster, 2024

There were a total of 137 street level crime incidents in Doncaster Common in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Doncaster Common, 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	39
Anti Social Behaviour	24
Vehicle Crime	13
Other Theft	11
Public Order	11
Shoplifting	11
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Burglary	6
Bicycle Theft	6
Other Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	137

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 Doncaster Common. 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 Doncaster Common

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Doncaster (1.86 miles)	676
Intake (0.88 miles)	491
Newton (2.48 miles)	483
Hexthorpe (2.48 miles)	333
Belle Vue (0.62 miles)	149
Doncaster Common	137
Bessacarr (0.88 miles)	100
Armthorpe (1.75 miles)	79
Nutwell (2.24 miles)	70
Cantley (1.24 miles)	69

Where are the most violent places near Doncaster Common?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Doncaster	224
Intake	171
Newton	129
Hexthorpe	107
Belle Vue	46
Bessacarr	40
Doncaster Common	39
Cantley	30
Armthorpe	26
Nutwell	20

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

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 Doncaster Common 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 Doncaster Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Doncaster Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Doncaster Common is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hexthorpe & Balby North	91
2	Town	87
3	Edlington & Warmsworth	86
4	Wheatley Hills & Intake	82
5	Bentley	82
6	Balby South	79
7	Bessacarr	66
8	Armthorpe	57
9	Tickhill & Wadsworth	56
10	Sprotbrough	54
11	Finningley	43

Which road in Doncaster Common has the highest level of crime?

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