Total Crime Rate
58.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brooke Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 348th lowest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brooke Street (DN1 2SW) in the last 12 months was 58.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.0% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brooke Street (DN1 2SW), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Montague Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Penistone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penistone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Penistone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Montague Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Milbanke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkinson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Road | — |
| 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 | 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 | Parkinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Athron Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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