Total Crime Rate

245.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 245.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 72.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.9 8/10
  • Burglary 36.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.8 9/10
  • Public order 22.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.6 8/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

Gresham Avenue 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 Gresham Avenue (S60 5HA) 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 Gresham Avenue (S60 5HA), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gresham Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highlow View Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highlow View Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Highlow View —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highlow View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highlow View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highlow View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highlow View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pike Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pike Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pike Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pike Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pike Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Gresham Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Thorndale Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyncroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pike Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairburn Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highlow View Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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