Total Crime Rate
17.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oulton Avenue area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Bramley & Ravenfield , and the 71st lowest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oulton Avenue (S66 2SS) in the last 12 months was 17.3 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% lower than the Bramley & Ravenfield average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oulton Avenue (S66 2SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bawtry Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Austen Drive (10 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 | Main Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Badsworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramley Grange Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bawtry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bawtry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bawtry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bawtry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bawtry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Balk Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balk Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balk Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Balk Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
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