Total Crime Rate

85.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.7 9/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Chequer Avenue area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Hexthorpe & Balby North , and the 485th lowest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chequer Avenue (DN4 5BE) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 61.8% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -90.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 35.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 195.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chequer Avenue (DN4 5BE), the main crime hotspot is near Thoresby Avenue. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chequer Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thoresby Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hamilton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theobald Avenue —
Sep 2025Burglary Theobald Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theobald Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theobald Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Tree Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Thoresby Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thoresby Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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