Total Crime Rate

84.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 29.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chaucer Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Dalton & Thrybergh , and the 386th highest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chaucer Road (S65 2LD) in the last 12 months was 84.1 per 1,000 residents and was 47.8% lower than the Dalton & Thrybergh average (161.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chaucer Road (S65 2LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shelley Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Campbell Drive (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chaucer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shenstone Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shenstone Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Goldsmith Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goldsmith Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Dukes Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Herringthorpe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Canterbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shenstone Drive
Apr 2026Public order Canterbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shelley Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Longfellow Fold Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longfellow Fold Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longfellow Fold Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Browning Court
Apr 2026Public order Shenstone Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Campbell Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Swinburne Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Shelley Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Herringthorpe Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Swinburne Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Swinburne Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shenstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Herringthorpe Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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