Total Crime Rate
236.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Copley 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 2QP) 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 2QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prince'S Street, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sunny Bar (72 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hexthorpe & Balby North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Don Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Vincent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Frances Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkinson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Allerton Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Allerton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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