Total Crime Rate
274.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elmfield Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 100th highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elmfield Road (DN1 2BB) in the last 12 months was 274.8 per 1,000 residents and was 22.5% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 156.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elmfield Road (DN1 2BB), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Clark Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cunningham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravensworth Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | South Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunningham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunningham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rainton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rainton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Apley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Apley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Apley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Apley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nelson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clark Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Childers Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Childers Street | — |
| 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 | Robbery | Jarratt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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