Total Crime Rate
461.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Carr Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 38th 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 Carr Lane (DN4 5AA) in the last 12 months was 461.5 per 1,000 residents and was 105.8% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -64.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 250.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carr Lane (DN4 5AA), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 339 crimes here, including 135 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentinck Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cunningham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Carr Grange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bentinck Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunningham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarratt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Jarratt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | College Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunningham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exchange Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Decoy Bank North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Decoy Bank North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Decoy Bank North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Railway Court | — |
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