Total Crime Rate
245.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thorndale Rise area has the 26th highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 77th 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 Thorndale Rise (S60 5EZ) in the last 12 months was 245.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% lower than the Boston Castle average (261.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 72.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thorndale Rise (S60 5EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackbird Avenue, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pike Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Boston Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highlow View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pike Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pike Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highlow View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highlow View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highlow View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highlow View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackbird Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highlow View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Highlow View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highlow View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pike Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pike Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pike Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gresham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pike Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Scammadine Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehill Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairburn Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thorndale Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyncroft Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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