Postcode · Doncaster
Crime in DN5 8LE
How much crime is recorded in DN5 8LE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cusworth
- Council
- Doncaster
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,651 (2024)
DN5 8LEDoncaster
How safe is DN5 8LE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 23.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DN5 8LE 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
23.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
58
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 8LENational
Violence and sexual offences16.923.6
Shoplifting16.78.4
Anti-social behaviour8.810.7
Burglary6.99.1
Vehicle crime3.83.5
Public order3.04.6
Other theft2.24.5
Other crime1.71.5
Criminal damage and arson1.54.7
Robbery0.51.4
Drugs0.52.4
Bicycle theft0.11.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 50% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.