Postcode · Doncaster
Crime in DN5 8DA
How much crime is recorded in DN5 8DA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sprotbrough
- Council
- Doncaster
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,507 (2024)
DN5 8DADoncaster
How safe is DN5 8DA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 22.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DN5 8DA area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
50
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
DN5 8DANational
Violence and sexual offences16.623.6
Anti-social behaviour10.210.7
Shoplifting9.28.4
Vehicle crime4.43.5
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Burglary2.79.1
Public order2.14.6
Other crime1.21.5
Other theft1.04.5
Drugs0.82.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 37% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.