Total Crime Rate
4188.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Market Place 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 Market Place (DN1 1NE) 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 Market Place (DN1 1NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 818 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 | Other theft | Hall Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hall Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Young Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Young Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hall Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frances Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Frances Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frances Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frances Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frances Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frances Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frances Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Priory Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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