Total Crime Rate
311.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Orchard Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Anston & Woodsetts , and the 51st 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 Orchard Avenue (S25 4BW) in the last 12 months was 311.6 per 1,000 residents and was 387.3% higher than the Anston & Woodsetts average (63.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 186.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 175.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orchard Avenue (S25 4BW), the main crime hotspot is near Sunnyside Close. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Anston & Woodsetts| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sunnyside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ullswater Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nursery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Under investigation |
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