Total Crime Rate
245.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
133.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Browning Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Dalton & Thrybergh , and the 86th highest crime rate of 869 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 Browning Road (S65 2NN) in the last 12 months was 245.7 per 1,000 residents and was 52.4% higher 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 133.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Browning Road (S65 2NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Arnold Road, where police recorded 36 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.
View Crime In Rotherham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shelley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Browning Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Browning Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Browning Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Longfellow Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Fold | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Fold | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Canterbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Canterbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Goldsmith Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Swinburne Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swinburne Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Swinburne Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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