Crime Statistics for High Melton, Doncaster, Doncaster, 2024

There were a total of 45 street level crime incidents in High Melton in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in High Melton, 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	10
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Public Order	7
Burglary	3
Other Theft	3
Shoplifting	3
Drugs	2
All Crime	45

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 High Melton. 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 High Melton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Adwick upon Dearne (1.86 miles)	153
Warmsworth (2.56 miles)	133
Cadeby (0.88 miles)	121
Conisbrough (1.96 miles)	118
Old Denaby (1.75 miles)	107
Conanby (1.96 miles)	61
High Melton	45
Harlington (1.39 miles)	23
Barnburgh (1.75 miles)	9
Sprotbrough (1.96 miles)	8

Where are the most violent places near High Melton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Adwick upon Dearne	62
Conisbrough	49
Cadeby	42
Warmsworth	39
Old Denaby	30
Conanby	30
High Melton	10
Harlington	9
Barnburgh	3
Sprotbrough	0

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

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 High Melton 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 High Melton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to High Melton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. High Melton is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dearne North	92
2	Mexborough	86
3	Edlington & Warmsworth	86
4	Balby South	79
5	Conisbrough	79
6	Dearne South	74
7	Swinton	69
8	Wath	68
9	Roman Ridge	68
10	Silverwood	63
11	Sprotbrough	54

Which road in High Melton has the highest level of crime?

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