Total Crime Rate
109.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Urban Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 399th highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Urban Road (DN4 0EP) in the last 12 months was 109.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 61.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Urban Road (DN4 0EP), the main crime hotspot is near Ramsden Road. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 59 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 | Other crime | Eden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mutual Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mutual Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wharncliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wharncliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wharncliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharncliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharncliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mutual Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Apple Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ramsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ramsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Road | — |
| 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 | Eden Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Bentley Avenue | 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 | Bentley Avenue | Under investigation |
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