Total Crime Rate
83.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oates Avenue area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Rawmarsh East , and the 388th highest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oates Avenue (S62 5DF) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% lower than the Rawmarsh East average (169.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oates Avenue (S62 5DF), the main crime hotspot is near Hawley Street. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rotherham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | George Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hawley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Providence Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rockcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Willow Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Manor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Providence Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Providence Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Providence Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockcliffe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rockcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rockcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rockcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carr Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Close | Under investigation |
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