Total Crime Rate

3130.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 3130.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 849.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 620.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 439.6 10/10
  • Public order 409.4 10/10
  • Other theft 198.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 127.5 10/10
  • Drugs 100.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 73.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 73.8 10/10
  • Robbery 57.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 50.3 10/10
  • Burglary 47.0 10/10
  • Other crime 47.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 36.9 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Maltkiln Street 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 Maltkiln Street (S60 2HY) 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 Maltkiln Street (S60 2HY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 82 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Maltkiln Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Quarry Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary The Maltings Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Maltings Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Maltings Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ship Hill
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ship Hill
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ship Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quarry Hill
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quarry Hill
Sep 2025Public order Quarry Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountenoy Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mountenoy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Mountenoy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mansfield Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Whybourne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whybourne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whybourne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountenoy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coke Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coke Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Coke Lane Local resolution

Data Sources

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