Total Crime Rate
42.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoney Bank Drive area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Anston & Woodsetts , and the 269th 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 Stoney Bank Drive (S26 6SJ) in the last 12 months was 42.8 per 1,000 residents and was 33.1% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoney Bank Drive (S26 6SJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ivanhoe Avenue, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stone Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wales| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Garden House Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivanhoe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivanhoe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoney Bank Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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