Total Crime Rate
330.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
153.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Exchange Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Doncaster .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Exchange Street (DN1 3QW) in the last 12 months was 330.8 per 1,000 residents and was 40.9% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 153.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Exchange Street (DN1 3QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grove Place, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Doncaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grove Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grove Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grove Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stirling Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Milton Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Catherine Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Catherine Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Catherine Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oxford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bentinck Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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