Total Crime Rate
181.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Charles Street area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 209th 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 Charles Street (DN1 2SA) in the last 12 months was 181.1 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% lower 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 68.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charles Street (DN1 2SA), the main crime hotspot is near Parkinson Street. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkinson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parkinson Street | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Vincent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Vincent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Radiance Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Radiance Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lowther Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lowther Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowther Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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