Total Crime Rate
495.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Urban Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 31st 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 Urban Road (DN4 0HH) in the last 12 months was 495.9 per 1,000 residents and was 121.2% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 239.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Urban Road (DN4 0HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Senior Road, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eden Grove (44 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 | Wharncliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivor Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivor Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nicholson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laneside Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Laneside Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Laneside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Laneside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Laneside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shady Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Windle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shirley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Eden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenfield Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivor Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laneside Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Old Hexthorpe | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Travis Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Wharncliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wharncliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Apple Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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