Total Crime Rate
103.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Howard Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Bramley & Ravenfield , and the 308th 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 Howard Road (S66 2SU) in the last 12 months was 103.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Howard Road (S66 2SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bawtry Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Craig Walk (5 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balk Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Balk Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Balk Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balk Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | 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 | — |
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