Total Crime Rate

120.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Public order 14.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.0 10/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Withold Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Aughton & Swallownest , and the 255th highest crime rate of 870 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 St Withold Avenue (S66 9PH) in the last 12 months was 120.9 per 1,000 residents and was 30.1% higher than the Aughton & Swallownest average (92.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 69.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Withold Avenue (S66 9PH), the main crime hotspot is near Cedric Crescent. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Withold Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palmers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ivanhoe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Fold
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Fold
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedric Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedric Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Cedric Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brook Fold Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gurth Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Aymer Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Aymer Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Locksley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ulrica Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ulrica Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Withold Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gurth Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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