Total Crime Rate

236.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 236.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.6 9/10
  • Drugs 24.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.7 9/10
  • Burglary 14.8 9/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Public order 14.8 8/10
  • Other crime 9.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 8/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Copley Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 131st highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Copley Road (DN1 2PF) in the last 12 months was 236.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 118.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Copley Road (DN1 2PF), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 447 crimes here, including 322 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Copley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allerton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Allerton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allerton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Allerton Street Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Montague Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Montague Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Theft from the person Montague Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Montague Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montague Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montague Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montague Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunny Bar Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunny Bar Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dockin Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunny Bar Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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