Total Crime Rate

198.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 198.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 37.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.1 9/10
  • Drugs 18.6 10/10
  • Other theft 18.6 9/10
  • Burglary 12.4 9/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Beckett Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 180th highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beckett Road (DN2 4AB) in the last 12 months was 198.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.4% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beckett Road (DN2 4AB), the main crime hotspot is near Parkinson Street. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Beckett Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Athron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Vincent Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkinson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkinson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parkinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parkinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parkinson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parkinson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Vincent Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanhope Road —
Sep 2025Public order Parkinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parkinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parkinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parkinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Vincent Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Vincent Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkinson Street —
Sep 2025Other theft St Vincent Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanhope Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanhope Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Vincent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rectory Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cranbrook Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranbrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowther Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morley Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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