Total Crime Rate
274.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Maltings area has the 21st highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 58th 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 The Maltings (S60 2JA) in the last 12 months was 274.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 105.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Maltings (S60 2JA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 65 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Boston Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountenoy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mountenoy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mountenoy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountenoy Road | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Coke Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coke Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coke Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coke Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Maltings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robinson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robinson Street | Under investigation |
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