Total Crime Rate
229.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
143.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shakespeare Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Anston & Woodsetts , and the 105th highest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shakespeare Drive (S25 2RP) in the last 12 months was 229.7 per 1,000 residents and was 259.2% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 143.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shakespeare Drive (S25 2RP), 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 | Public order | Leicester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Leicester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordens Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordens Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordens Hill | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leicester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Silverdales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doe Quarry Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Masefield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Central Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Central Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Nook Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastern Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Nook Gardens | — |
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