Crime Statistics for Stainforth, Doncaster, Doncaster, 2024

Crime statistics for Stainforth, Doncaster

There were a total of 101 street level crime incidents in Stainforth in January 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 Stainforth, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime30
Anti Social Behaviour19
Vehicle Crime11
Criminal Damage Arson9
Burglary7
Public Order6
Other Crime5
Other Theft4
Shoplifting4
Possession Of Weapons3
Robbery1
Theft From The Person1
Drugs1
All Crime101

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Stainforth

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Stainforth101
Barnby Dun (2.24 miles)54
Dunscroft (1.96 miles)50
Waterside (2.24 miles)39
Far Bank (1.24 miles)39
Fishlake (1.39 miles)37
South Bramwith (1.24 miles)13
Dunsville (2.48 miles)12
Trumfleet (2.48 miles)1
Fosterhouses (1.96 miles)0

4.75%
of Stainforth & Barnby Dun residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Stainforth?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Stainforth30
Dunscroft20
Barnby Dun15
Far Bank13
Fishlake12
Waterside10
Dunsville2
South Bramwith0
Trumfleet0
Fosterhouses0

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

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 Stainforth 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 Stainforth compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Town87
2Wheatley Hills & Intake82
3Adwick le Street & Carcroft82
4Bentley82
5Thorne & Moorends81
6Hatfield75
7Stainforth & Barnby Dun68
8Norton & Askern67
9Bessacarr66
10Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall62
11Armthorpe57

Which road in Stainforth has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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