Total Crime Rate
3923.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1771.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parkinson Street area has the highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Parkinson Street (DN1 2SR) in the last 12 months was 3923.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1571.5% 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 272 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 15 cases , up 7.1% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 26.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 395 (≈ 1771.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parkinson Street (DN1 2SR), 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 | Vehicle crime | Don Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Athron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Athron Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athron Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athron Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Athron 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Other theft | Athron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Athron Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Athron Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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