Total Crime Rate
216.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rockingham Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Dodworth , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .
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 Rockingham Road (S75 3PG) in the last 12 months was 216.2 per 1,000 residents and was 218.8% higher than the Dodworth average (67.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 97.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rockingham Road (S75 3PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Saville Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Green Lane (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dodworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gilroyd Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rockingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilroyd Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saville Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Locke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gilroyd Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilroyd Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilroyd Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hazelshaw | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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