Total Crime Rate
4188.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bowers Fold 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 Bowers Fold (DN1 1HF) 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 Bowers Fold (DN1 1HF), 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 (322 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 | Nellie Stagles Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Scot Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Scot Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Scot Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sunny Bar | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunny Bar | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Frances Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Bicycle theft | Scot Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frances Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Allerton Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Scot Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Young Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Young Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Young Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Young Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Scot Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Scot Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Scot Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frances Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Scot Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Scot Lane | Under investigation |
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