Crime Rates at Nightingale Close, Rotherham, S60 2AB

Nightingale Close area has the 31st highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 124th 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 Nightingale Close (S60 2AB) in the last 12 months was 211.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% lower than the Boston Castle average (268.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 77.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingale Close (S60 2AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Street, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chapel Lane (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.