Total Crime Rate
461.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Prospect Place area has the 12th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 38th highest crime rate of 1,002 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 Prospect Place (DN1 3QP) in the last 12 months was 461.5 per 1,000 residents and was 105.8% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -64.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 250.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prospect Place (DN1 3QP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 122 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hexthorpe & Balby North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grove Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Grove Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Grove Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carr Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exchange Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Railway Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentinck Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bentinck Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | College Road | Local resolution |
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