Total Crime Rate
3295.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1463.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whybourne Terrace 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 Whybourne Terrace (S60 2LH) 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 Whybourne Terrace (S60 2LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near College Lane, where police recorded 250 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vicarage Lane (96 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rotherham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | College Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Allan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clifton Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellgate Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellgate Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollowgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Quarry Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
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