Crime in Adwick le Street
Recorded crime in Adwick le Street is about the Doncaster average and 1.4 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 3%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Adwick le Street: about 11,749 residents in 13 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 2/10High crime
- Living
- 7.5/10Good
- 5-year change
- −3%fewer crimes
- vs the council
- 1.0×the Doncaster average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Adwick le Street.
Crime over 5 years
Down 3% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of Adwick le Street, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: about the Doncaster average (1.4× the England and Wales average). 118 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 60% of the harm here
- Burglary: 18% of the harm here
- Robbery: 6% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 60% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 31 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Doncaster (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Doncaster council area, not only Adwick le Street. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 1,430 | 4.5 | Up 12% |
| Cars broken into | 935 | 2.9 | Down 18% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 2,512 | 7.9 | Down 5% |
| Burglary of homes | 1,067 | 3.3 | Down 27% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in DN6
In DN6, the postcode district at the centre of Adwick le Street, 7% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 1,484 | 5% | 4% | 74% | 13% | 4% |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 484 | 1% | 3% | 27% | 67% | 1% |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 315 | 2% | 1% | 9% | 86% | 2% |
| Public order | 261 | 4% | 5% | 59% | 31% | 1% |
| Other theft | 246 | 1% | 1% | 22% | 74% | 2% |
| Burglary | 211 | 5% | 0% | 13% | 82% | 1% |
| Shoplifting | 201 | 48% | 0% | 15% | 36% | 0% |
| Other crime | 147 | 5% | 3% | 64% | 21% | 6% |
| Drugs | 99 | 16% | 21% | 26% | 28% | 8% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 3% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
Doncaster, 2023 to 2025: 514 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 177 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 29 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
1.6 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 34% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 1.2 |
| Burglary | 8.2 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 44.1 |
| Drugs | 1.9 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 1.2 |
| Other crime | 4.7 |
| Other theft | 8.3 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.3 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 11.1 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 17.8 |
| Public order | 10.4 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.6 |
| Shoplifting | 8.6 |
Postcode districts in Adwick le Street
Nearby towns
Council: Doncaster
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Questions about crime in Adwick le Street
- Is Adwick le Street a safe place to live?
- Adwick le Street scores 2 out of 10 for safety (high crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is about the Doncaster average.
- Is crime going up or down in Adwick le Street?
- Down 3% over 5 years, from 1,449 recorded crimes a year to 1,408.
- What is the most common crime in Adwick le Street?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 44 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in Adwick le Street compare with Doncaster?
- Crime severity in Adwick le Street is about the Doncaster average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in Adwick le Street?
- In DN6, the postcode district at the centre of Adwick le Street, 7% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 39% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many burglaries are solved in Adwick le Street?
- Of 211 burglaries reported in DN6, the postcode district at the centre of Adwick le Street between September 2024 and August 2025, 5% led to someone being charged or summonsed and 82% were closed with no suspect identified.
- How many cars are stolen in Adwick le Street?
- In Doncaster, the council area Adwick le Street is in, the police recorded 1,430 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 4.5 per 1,000 residents, up 12% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Adwick le Street?
- 2,512 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in Doncaster, the council area Adwick le Street is in, 7.9 per 1,000 residents, 1.6 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Adwick le Street last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in Doncaster, the council area Adwick le Street is in, against 2 the year before.