Total Crime Rate
313.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Montague Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 81st highest crime rate of 1,001 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 Montague Street (DN1 2QY) in the last 12 months was 313.0 per 1,000 residents and was 33.4% higher 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 104.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Montague Street (DN1 2QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prince'S Street, where police recorded 137 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Silver Street (74 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athron Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkinson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glyn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christ Church Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christ Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Christ Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nether Hall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nether Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penistone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Vincent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Street | Under investigation |
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