Total Crime Rate
3130.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grove Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 870 local areas in Rotherham .
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 Grove Road (S60 2ER) in the last 12 months was 3130.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1095.4% higher than the Boston Castle average (261.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 253 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 11 cases , up 37.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 74.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -61.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 414 (≈ 1389.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grove Road (S60 2ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Domine Lane, where police recorded 151 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (82 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Boston Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Quarry Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coke Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coke Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mountenoy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountenoy Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Quarry Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coke Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vicarage Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vicarage Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vicarage Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vicarage Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vicarage Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whybourne Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whybourne Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coke Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Corporation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ship Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Maltings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Maltings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Maltings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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