Total Crime Rate
343.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dockin Hill Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 66th 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 Dockin Hill Road (DN1 2QX) in the last 12 months was 343.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.2% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 147.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dockin Hill Road (DN1 2QX), the main crime hotspot is near Parkinson Street. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hexthorpe & Balby North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Penistone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Penistone Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Glyn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glyn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charles Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vaughan Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Charles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Vincent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Vincent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkinson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milbanke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milbanke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broxholme Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broxholme Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Broxholme Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Penistone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Athron Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vaughan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheshire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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