Total Crime Rate
107.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Windmill Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Anston & Woodsetts , and the 296th 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 Windmill Road (S25 4EH) in the last 12 months was 107.1 per 1,000 residents and was 67.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 59.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Windmill Road (S25 4EH), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kendal Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kendal Avenue | — |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Ullswater Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodsetts Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodsetts Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodsetts Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodsetts Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulberry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sunnyside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kendal Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rackford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunnyside Close | Under investigation |
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