Crime Statistics for Hexthorpe, Doncaster, Doncaster, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hexthorpe in August 2024. There were a total of 668 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hexthorpe, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime280
Shoplifting85
Anti Social Behaviour67
Criminal Damage Arson40
Other Theft38
Other Crime37
Public Order34
Vehicle Crime33
Drugs24
Burglary10
Robbery10
Possession Of Weapons6
Bicycle Theft3
Theft From The Person1
All Crime668

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Hexthorpe. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Hexthorpe

We've taken the ten nearest places to Hexthorpe and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Hexthorpe has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Doncaster (0.62 miles)745
Hexthorpe631
Newton426
Bentley Rise (1.24 miles)417
Bentley (1.86 miles)278
Warmsworth (1.75 miles)255
Belle Vue (1.86 miles)238
Balby (0.88 miles)214
Cusworth (1.75 miles)62
Sprotbrough (1.86 miles)14

12.93%
of Balby South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Hexthorpe?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Hexthorpe and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Hexthorpe280
Doncaster274
Newton166
Bentley Rise163
Balby77
Bentley71
Warmsworth71
Belle Vue57
Cusworth14
Sprotbrough6

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Hexthorpe?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Hexthorpe to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Hexthorpe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hexthorpe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Hexthorpe is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Hexthorpe & Balby North91
2Town87
3Edlington & Warmsworth86
4Wheatley Hills & Intake82
5Bentley82
6Balby South79
7Conisbrough79
8Roman Ridge68
9Bessacarr66
10Tickhill & Wadsworth56
11Sprotbrough54

Which road in Hexthorpe has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Hexthorpe with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: August 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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