Crime Rate in Hexthorpe & Balby North, ward

Hexthorpe & Balby North has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 wards in Doncaster district and the 219th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 16th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hexthorpe & Balby North in the last 12 months was 224.2 per 1,000 residents and was 63.0% higher than the Doncaster district average (137.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hexthorpe & Balby North’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,237 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 24 cases , up 4.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 14.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -15.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,594 (≈ 99.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hexthorpe & Balby North ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Balby Road, with 187 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Ramsden Road (59 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.