Total Crime Rate
4188.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sunny Bar 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 Sunny Bar (DN1 1LY) 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 Sunny Bar (DN1 1LY), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 447 crimes here, including 322 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hexthorpe & Balby North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Allerton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Allerton Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Montague Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Montague Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Montague Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
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