Crime Rate in Greasbrough, ward

Greasbrough has the 4th highest crime rate of 25 wards in Rotherham district and the 864th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 71st highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Greasbrough in the last 12 months was 134.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.2% higher than the Rotherham district average (108.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Greasbrough’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 472 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 2.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 592 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Greasbrough ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Ash View. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.