Crime Statistics for Dunscroft, Doncaster, Doncaster, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Dunscroft in September 2024. There were a total of 123 incidents. 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 Dunscroft, 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	46
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Criminal Damage Arson	18
Public Order	12
Burglary	8
Other Theft	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Possession Of Weapons	4
Theft From The Person	4
All Crime	123

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Dunscroft. 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 Dunscroft

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Edenthorpe (2.77 miles)	138
Dunscroft	126
Stainforth (1.96 miles)	85
Nutwell (2.78 miles)	84
Canal Side (3.1 miles)	58
Barnby Dun (2.56 miles)	53
Stone Hill (1.24 miles)	31
Brierholme Carr (2.24 miles)	17
Dunsville (0.88 miles)	13
South Bramwith (2.63 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Dunscroft?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Edenthorpe	49
Dunscroft	46
Stainforth	41
Nutwell	31
Canal Side	27
Barnby Dun	11
Brierholme Carr	7
Stone Hill	6
Dunsville	4
South Bramwith	0

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

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 Dunscroft 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 Dunscroft compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Dunscroft and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Dunscroft is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hexthorpe & Balby North	91
2	Town	87
3	Wheatley Hills & Intake	82
4	Bentley	82
5	Thorne & Moorends	81
6	Hatfield	75
7	Stainforth & Barnby Dun	68
8	Bessacarr	66
9	Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall	62
10	Armthorpe	57
11	Finningley	43

Which road in Dunscroft has the highest level of crime?

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