Total Crime Rate
311.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
231.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leicester Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Anston & Woodsetts , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .
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 Leicester Road (S25 2PX) in the last 12 months was 311.3 per 1,000 residents and was 386.8% higher than the Anston & Woodsetts average (63.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 231.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leicester Road (S25 2PX), the main crime hotspot is near Leicester Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dinnington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastern Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordens Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Nook Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Silverdales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leicester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordens Hill | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordens Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doe Quarry Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Nook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leicester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leicester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Nook Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leys Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leys Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leys Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Masefield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lordens Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lordens Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordens Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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