Crime Rates at Penistone Street, Doncaster, DN1 2RA

Penistone Street 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 Penistone Street (DN1 2RA) 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 Penistone Street (DN1 2RA), 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.