Total Crime Rate

198.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 198.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 37.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.1 9/10
  • Drugs 18.6 10/10
  • Other theft 18.6 9/10
  • Burglary 12.4 9/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Baxter Avenue area has the 31st highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 180th highest crime rate of 1,002 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 Baxter Avenue (DN1 2NL) in the last 12 months was 198.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.4% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Baxter Avenue (DN1 2NL), the main crime hotspot is near Athron Street. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Baxter Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broxholme Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Penistone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Athron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Athron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Athron Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Athron Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheshire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Penistone Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Penistone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Athron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Penistone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Penistone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penistone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rectory Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Rectory Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rectory Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Athron Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Athron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rectory Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charles Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Glyn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Glyn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glyn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Charles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charles Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowther Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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