Total Crime Rate
909.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bentley Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 8th 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 Bentley Avenue (DN4 0BU) in the last 12 months was 909.9 per 1,000 residents and was 305.8% 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 102 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 117 (≈ 527.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bentley Avenue (DN4 0BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Denison Road, where police recorded 109 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ramsden Road (59 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 | Flowitt Street | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flowitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Eden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ramsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shirley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Senior Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ramsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ramsden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ramsden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Denison Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Denison Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Denison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denison Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Flowitt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Flowitt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Flowitt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mutual Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Senior Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Avenue | Under investigation |
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