Doncaster

13°CClear

• Today: 21° / 13° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:30

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

717 reported · July 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences224
• Anti-social behaviour128
• Shoplifting75
• Public order58

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Doncaster Central · 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

• 354 rated 4–5 ★ (262 top)
• 58 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Doncaster (0.6 km)
• 105 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 (5.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (5.7 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Doncaster Wool Market (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms4
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds14

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
• 112 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

Sally Jameson

Labour (Co-op)

Doncaster Central

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 12
• Con 6
• Ref 34
• Oth 3

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés83

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 56% · Wind 20% · Gas 9% · Imports 8%

104 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

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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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)