Total Crime Rate
217.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Icknield Way area has the 34th highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 106th 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 Icknield Way (S60 5JF) in the last 12 months was 217.2 per 1,000 residents and was 17.1% lower than the Boston Castle average (261.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Icknield Way (S60 5JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Field View, where police recorded 30 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Field View | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pike Road | 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 | 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 | 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 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Armistead Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pike Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Field View | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pike Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pike Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pike Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairburn Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehill Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyncroft Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whitehill Willow | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Scammadine Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thorndale Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gresham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pike Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
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