Hexthorpe & Balby North
WardSouth west Doncaster. About 13,755 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 96% of people in Hexthorpe & Balby North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hexthorpe & Balby North compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hexthorpe & Balby North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hexthorpe & Balby North at a rate of 225.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 130.4 per 1,000 people across Doncaster.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 241 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hexthorpe & Balby North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,137), other crime (599) and shoplifting (495).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Doncaster
These figures are published for the whole of Doncaster, not for each ward, so they describe all of Doncaster and not Hexthorpe & Balby North alone. See Doncaster
Hexthorpe & Balby North in brief
Hexthorpe & Balby North had 12,243 usual residents at the census.
About 96% of people in Hexthorpe & Balby North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hexthorpe & Balby North, 99.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hexthorpe & Balby North, 8.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.