Crap Towns / Bentley / Crime

How much crime is there in Bentley?

The police recorded 163 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Bentley from September 2023 to August 2026, 2.1 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 57.8. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 147, down from 181 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	181	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	160	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	147	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	57.8	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	21.0	7.0
Shoplifting	19.1	7.1
Burglary	12.3	3.1
Public order	12.0	6.6
Vehicle crime	12.0	3.8
Other theft	11.7	5.4
Other crime	5.4	2.0
Drugs	4.6	2.4
Robbery	2.5	0.6
Possession of weapons	2.2	0.8
Bicycle theft	1.5	0.5
Theft from the person	0.5	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Doncaster	3.8 km	182
Bentley	–	163
Askern	8.6 km	146
Adwick le Street	4.9 km	124
Warmsworth	7.0 km	118
Conisbrough	8.2 km	89.6
Scawthorpe and Cusworth	1.7 km	83.2
Armthorpe	6.6 km	75.8
New Rossington and Rossington	8.8 km	70.5
Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe	5.6 km	58.2
Sprotbrough	3.6 km	39.8
The typical town	–	76.2