Schools
42 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 5 secondary schools. Ridgewood School is the nearest published school at 163 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DN5 7UD
Roman Ridge · Doncaster · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Roman Ridge
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Constituency
- Doncaster North
- Postcode district
- DN5
- Postcode sector
- DN5 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DN5 7UD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 August 2013
- Postcode area
- DN
- Postcode district
- DN5
- Postcode sector
- DN5 7
- Latitude
- 53.538931
- Longitude
- -1.184731
- British National Grid easting
- 454,128
- British National Grid northing
- 405,005
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- Doncaster · E08000017
- Electoral ward
- Roman Ridge · E05010741
- Parish or community
- E04000067
- Westminster constituency
- Doncaster North · E14001200
- Output area
- E00038424
- Lower layer super output area
- Doncaster 016C · E01007588
- Middle layer super output area
- Doncaster 016 · E02001554
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore DN5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 42
- Primary
- 28
- Secondary
- 5
- 163 m
Ridgewood School
Academy converter
- 163 m
Stone Hill School
Community special school
- 543 m
Rosedale Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,062
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 322
- Shoplifting 194
- Anti social behaviour 155
- Criminal damage and arson 79
- Vehicle crime 68
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DN5 7 residents
- 8,890
Age bands in DN5 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 31%
- Age 65 and over
- 27%
1,202 residents
754 residents
1,729 residents
2,722 residents
2,369 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
15
within 5 km straight-line
SCAWSBY HEALTH CENTRE PRACTICE
BARNSLEY ROAD, SCAWSBY, DONCASTER, DN5 8QE
ODS code C86032
1.2 km
PETERSGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
99 AMERSALL RD, SCAWTHORPE, DONCASTER, DN5 9PQ
ODS code C86038
1.4 km
PARK VIEW SURGERY
NEWTON LANE, DONCASTER, DN5 8DA
ODS code C86626
2.5 km
DON VALLEY HEALTHCARE
128 HIGH STREET, BENTLEY, DONCASTER, DN5 0AT
ODS code C86023
2.6 km
THE RANSOME PRACTICE
BENTLEY HEALTH CENTRE, ASKERN ROAD, BENTLEY, DONCASTER, DN5 0JX
ODS code C86002
2.8 km
THE FLYING SCOTSMAN HEALTH CENTRE
THE FLYING SCOTSMAN CENTRE, ST. SEPULCHRE GATE WEST, DONCASTER, DN1 3AP
ODS code Y05167
3.8 km
FRANCES STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
THE MEDICAL CENTRE, 2 FRANCES STREET, DONCASTER, DN1 1JS
ODS code C86025
4.0 km
ST. JOHNS GROUP PRACTICE
GREENFIELD LANE, BALBY, DONCASTER, DN4 0TH
ODS code C86020
4.2 km
THE SCOTT PRACTICE
GREENFIELD LANE, BALBY, DONCASTER, DN4 0TG
ODS code C86019
4.2 km
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTRE
77 THORNE ROAD, DONCASTER, DN1 2ET
ODS code C86029
4.3 km
REGENT SQUARE GROUP PRACTICE
8-9 REGENT SQUARE, DONCASTER, DN1 2DS
ODS code C86006
4.3 km
KINGTHORNE GROUP PRACTICE
KINGTHORNE HOUSE, 83A THORNE ROAD, DONCASTER, DN1 2EU
ODS code C86017
4.3 km
MOUNT GROUP PRACTICE
54 THORNE ROAD, DONCASTER, DN1 2JP
ODS code C86011
4.4 km
THE BURNS PRACTICE
4 ALBION PLACE, BENNETTHOPRE, SOUTH PARADE, DONCASTER, DN1 2EG
ODS code C86007
4.6 km
GREAT NORTH MEDICAL GROUP
THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHESTNUT AVENUE, CARCROFT, DONCASTER, DN6 8AG
ODS code C86001
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Barnsley Road/Emley Drive
BCT · Scawsby
- 0.2 miles
Emley Drive/Barnsley Road
BCT · Scawsby
- 0.2 miles
Barnsley Road/Emley Drive
BCT · Scawsby
- 0.2 miles
Barnsley Road/Scawsby Lane
BCT · Scawsby
- 0.2 miles
Emley Drive/Drummond Avenue
BCT · Scawsby
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Doncaster 016C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,293 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,062 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 322 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.