Total Crime Rate

156.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 156.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.5 9/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 13.0 9/10
  • Drugs 13.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Golden Smithies Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Kilnhurst & Swinton East , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 870 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 Golden Smithies Lane (S64 8DL) in the last 12 months was 156.4 per 1,000 residents and was 73.8% higher than the Kilnhurst & Swinton East average (90.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 4 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 78.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 123.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Golden Smithies Lane (S64 8DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Racecourse Road, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rookery Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Golden Smithies Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Racecourse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Margaret'S Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birch Court —
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Data Sources

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