Total Crime Rate
183.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holmes Market area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 204th highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Holmes Market (DN1 2NE) in the last 12 months was 183.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% lower than the Hexthorpe & Balby North average (224.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 111.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holmes Market (DN1 2NE), the main crime hotspot is near Parkinson Street. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 50 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Glyn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkinson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vaughan Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coopers Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coopers Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopers Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopers Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vaughan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vaughan Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vaughan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milbanke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Glyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dockin Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Christ Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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