Total Crime Rate
4188.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Old Guildhall Yard 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 Old Guildhall Yard (DN1 1QW) 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 Old Guildhall Yard (DN1 1QW), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 819 crimes here, including 312 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 | Burglary | Priory Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Friars Gate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Fisher Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Fisher Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | High Fisher Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Fisher Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Friars Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Friars Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Friars Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Friars Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Friars Gate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Friars Gate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Young Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Friars Gate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Laith Gate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Young Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Laith Gate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Scot Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chancery Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Gardens | — |
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