Total Crime Rate
391.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
173.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vale Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Bramley & Ravenfield , and the 30th 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 Vale Avenue (S65 4DF) in the last 12 months was 391.2 per 1,000 residents and was 510.7% higher than the Bramley & Ravenfield average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 173.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 48.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vale Avenue (S65 4DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near West Vale Grove, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Arran Hill (29 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 | Pingles Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowen Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowen Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arran Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arran Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arran Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arran Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arran Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | South Vale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Vale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Vale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Vale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park Lane Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Vale Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Vale Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Vale Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Vale Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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