Doncaster

16°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 15° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:27

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

246 reported · July 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences78
• Anti-social behaviour58
• Shoplifting28
• Criminal damage & arson21

Neighbourhood team: Doncaster North · South Yorkshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

521 reported road collisions (2024)

182 killed or seriously injured · 710 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 355 rated 4–5 ★ (279 top)
• 52 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Bentley (South Yorkshire) (1.8 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£170,784 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Doncaster · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£691 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £491
• 2 bed £634
• 3 bed £754

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (7.7 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Quest Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

308,106 residents in Doncaster · 542/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 41 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

24% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,168 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (57% of 144,720)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

144 schools · 49,424 pupils

98 primary · 20 secondary · 26 other

Ofsted: 64 of 67 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

128inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Doncaster

291 CQC-registered services

• Care homes81
• GP practices47
• Dentists58
• Homecare agencies73
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Doncaster

• Not in the Green Belt
• 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

218 applications decided

91.7% granted · 200 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 12
• Con 6
• Ref 34
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools6
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,333 jobs advertised · £39,961 avg

e.g. Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) Area Manager, RME, Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£697 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,640 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 155,392 certificates

16.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 81.7 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.4 women · 55.1 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Doncaster Central:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s411 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office400 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership299 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test266 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance209 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Wheatley, South Yorkshire · 1.1 km

  Wheatley is an inner suburb of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England.

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  Arksey railway station · 1.2 km

  Arksey railway station, originally named Stockbridge and later Arksey and Stockbridge was a station which served the villages of Arksey and Stockbridge in the English county of South Yorkshire. It was served by trains…

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  Bentley with Arksey · 1.3 km

  Bentley with Arksey is a former civil parish (1866–1974) and urban district (1911–1974) adjacent to the town of Doncaster in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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  Arksey · 1.4 km

  Arksey is a village in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It had an estimated population of 1,303 as of 2010. Arksey has four satellite hamlets: Shaftholme, Tilts, Almholme and Stockbridge.

• Wheatley Hills & Intake (ward) · 1.5 km

  Wheatley Hills & Intake is one of 21 electoral wards in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Doncaster Central parliamentary constituency. It covers the Doncaster inner…

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  Doncaster Royal Infirmary · 1.6 km

  Doncaster Royal Infirmary is a district general hospital of 800 beds, located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is managed by Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)