Total Crime Rate
161.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Herringthorpe area has the 17th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Dalton & Thrybergh , and the 170th 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 Old Herringthorpe (S65 3AY) in the last 12 months was 161.3 per 1,000 residents and was 0.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Herringthorpe (S65 3AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Goldsmith Drive, 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.
View Crime In Rotherham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Herringthorpe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodall Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herringthorpe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Swinburne Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swinburne Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Swinburne Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Browning Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shelley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenstone Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenstone Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shenstone Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shenstone Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Canterbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Canterbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodall Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herringthorpe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shenstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Goldsmith Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herringthorpe Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dukes Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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