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 2NN) 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 2NN), the main crime hotspot is near Parkinson Street. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 68 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/73)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Athron Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Athron Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Athron Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkinson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkinson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkinson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkinson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Parkinson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Athron Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jubilee Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Parkinson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Athron Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkinson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Athron Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Athron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Athron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Athron Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Athron Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stanhope Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stanhope Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Parkinson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Athron Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Athron Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkinson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Queen'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Lockwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rectory Gardens —
Apr 2026Burglary Penistone Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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