Total Crime Rate

99.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 31.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Baxter Avenue area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 447th highest crime rate of 1,001 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 Baxter Avenue (DN1 2NL) in the last 12 months was 99.4 per 1,000 residents and was 57.7% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Baxter Avenue (DN1 2NL), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Baxter Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/66)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Lowther Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Athron Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Athron Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Athron Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Vincent Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Vincent Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary St Vincent Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Athron Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baxter Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Athron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Auckland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Royal Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Royal Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Royal Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Auckland Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Athron Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Broxholme Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Athron Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Athron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broxholme Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stanhope Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carlton Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Lowther Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lowther Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Athron Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jubilee Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stanhope Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Morley Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lockwood Road —
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Data Sources

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