Total Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Borrowdale Crescent area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Anston & Woodsetts , and the 292nd lowest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Borrowdale Crescent (S25 4JW) in the last 12 months was 47.6 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Borrowdale Crescent (S25 4JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Patterdale Way, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beech Grove (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Anston & Woodsetts| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ullswater Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Patterdale Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Patterdale Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytham Avenue | Offender given a caution |
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