DN8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Thorne and Moorends, in Doncaster.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DN8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in DN8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DN8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DN8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DN8 at a rate of 96.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 116.1 per 1,000 people across the DN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 168 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DN8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (727), other crime (341) and anti-social behaviour (265).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DN8 was 106.3 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in DN8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DN8 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DN8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster 001A | 1,598 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.0% |
| Doncaster 001B | 1,395 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Doncaster 001C | 1,764 | 113.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Doncaster 001D | 1,953 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| Doncaster 003A | 1,584 | 70.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Doncaster 003B | 1,535 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.1% |
| Doncaster 003C | 1,530 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% |
| Doncaster 003D | 2,156 | 170.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.4% |
| Doncaster 003E | 1,570 | 104.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 64.5% |
| Doncaster 003F | 1,420 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Doncaster 003G | 1,589 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
MPs for DN8
- Lee PitcherLabourMP for Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme100% of DN8’s postcodes
- Ed MilibandLabourMP for Doncaster North0.2% of DN8’s postcodes
- David DavisConservativeMP for Goole and Pocklington0.2% of DN8’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in DN82
Postcode sectors in DN82
Council1
Towns in DN81
Postcode districts next to DN84
Nearest rail stations2
More in the DN postcode area2
DN8 in brief
DN8 is a postcode district covering Thorne and Moorends, in Doncaster.
About 18,821 people lived in DN8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £157,000 in 2025 across 235 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 96.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DN8 was £157,000 in 2025.
DN8 had 18,485 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in DN8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DN8, 91.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.