Total Crime Rate
3295.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1463.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Downs Row area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 869 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 Downs Row (S60 2HD) in the last 12 months was 3295.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1128.7% higher 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 273 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 8 cases , up 14.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 31.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 436 (≈ 1463.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Downs Row (S60 2HD), the main crime hotspot is near Bridgegate. Police recorded 260 crimes here, including 138 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rotherham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Crofts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Corporation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vicarage Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vicarage Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crofts | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Chapel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chapel Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Coke Lane | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coke Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coke Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Corporation Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Domine Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Domine Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
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