Total Crime Rate
254.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
152.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chesterhill Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Bramley & Ravenfield , and the 80th 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 Chesterhill Avenue (S65 4HB) in the last 12 months was 254.8 per 1,000 residents and was 297.8% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 152.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chesterhill Avenue (S65 4HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Peters Place, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Garbroads Crescent (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rotherham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wadworth Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garbroads Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wootton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Far Dalton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pingles Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Peters Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peters Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meadow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Meadow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterhill Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wilson Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oldgate Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leverton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foljambe Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oldgate Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Silver Street | Under investigation |
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