Total Crime Rate
283.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roman Crescent area has the 19th highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 64th highest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Roman Crescent (S60 5DX) in the last 12 months was 283.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 101.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roman Crescent (S60 5DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Normanville Avenue, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fernleigh Drive (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brinsworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Letard Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brinsford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brinsford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brinsford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Letard Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernleigh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brinsford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fortway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fortway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Letard Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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