Total Crime Rate
4188.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (DN1 1ED) in the last 12 months was 4188.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1767.9% higher than the Hexthorpe & Balby North average (224.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 302 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 14 cases , up 16.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 38.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -32.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 438 (≈ 1964.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (DN1 1ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 819 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (316 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hexthorpe & Balby North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St George Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chancery Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chancery Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St George Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St George Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St George Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St George Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chancery Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St George Gate | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St George Gate | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Scot Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Scot Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Scot Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Scot Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Scot Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chancery Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chancery Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Scot Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chancery Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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