Crime Rates at Highfield Road, Doncaster, DN1 2LQ

Highfield Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 302nd highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield Road (DN1 2LQ) in the last 12 months was 139.9 per 1,000 residents and was 40.4% lower than the Hexthorpe & Balby North average (234.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 84.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Road (DN1 2LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Athron Street, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rectory Gardens (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.