Total Crime Rate

139.3 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 139.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.9 8/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Holmoak Close area has the 15th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Kilnhurst & Swinton East , and the 211th 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 Holmoak Close (S64 8UF) in the last 12 months was 139.3 per 1,000 residents and was 54.8% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 74.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 275.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holmoak Close (S64 8UF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haythorne Way, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highthorn Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Holmoak Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calladine Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Davies Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Andrew'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holmoak Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davies Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benton Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Wentworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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