Crime Rate in Wath, ward

Wath has the 11th highest crime rate of 25 wards in Rotherham district and the 2106th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 167th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wath in the last 12 months was 91.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.3% lower than the Rotherham district average (108.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wath’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 426 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -71.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 543 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wath ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 63 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Further/Higher Educational Building (32 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.