Crap Towns / Stainforth / Crime

How much crime is there in Stainforth?

The police recorded 158 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Stainforth from September 2023 to August 2026, 2.1 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 68.3. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 170, up from 153 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	153	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	152	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	170	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	68.3	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	24.1	7.0
Vehicle crime	16.6	3.8
Public order	12.1	6.6
Burglary	9.1	3.1
Shoplifting	7.3	7.1
Other crime	7.1	2.0
Other theft	6.2	5.4
Drugs	2.4	2.4
Possession of weapons	2.1	0.8
Robbery	1.8	0.6
Bicycle theft	0.6	0.5
Theft from the person	0.2	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Doncaster	10.6 km	182
Bentley	10.4 km	163
Stainforth	–	158
Askern	8.7 km	146
Adwick le Street	11.4 km	124
Thorne	4.4 km	95.5
Scawthorpe and Cusworth	11.5 km	83.2
Dunscroft and Hatfield	2.6 km	83.2
Moorends	6.4 km	76.2
Armthorpe	6.8 km	75.8
Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe	5.2 km	58.2
The typical town	–	76.2