Total Crime Rate
166.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lockwood Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 239th highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lockwood Road (DN1 2TU) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% lower 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 75.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lockwood Road (DN1 2TU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old School Way, where police recorded 314 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rectory Gardens (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hexthorpe & Balby North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old School Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Auckland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Auckland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rockingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rockingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rectory Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rectory Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rectory Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rectory Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Old School Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Morley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowther Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Churchill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Churchill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbrook Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Radiance Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Radiance Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Radiance Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Radiance Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Radiance Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Old School Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Old School Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Radiance Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Old School Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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