Total Crime Rate
139.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chequer Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 306th highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chequer Road (DN1 2AW) in the last 12 months was 139.0 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% lower than the Hexthorpe & Balby North average (224.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (β 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -67.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chequer Road (DN1 2AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Carr House Road, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Apley Road (22 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 | Vehicle crime | Town Fields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr House Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Regent Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clark Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clark Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carr House Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Apley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravensworth Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Childers Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Childers Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Carr House Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Palmer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Andrew'S Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Apley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Apley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Apley Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Town Fields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | South Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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