Total Crime Rate

217.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 217.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 90.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.1 9/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 4.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Blackbird Avenue 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 Blackbird Avenue (S60 5LU) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Blackbird Avenue (S60 5LU), the main crime hotspot is near Blackbird Avenue. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blackbird Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairburn Gardens —
Sep 2025Drugs Scammadine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackbird Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyncroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitehill Drive —
Sep 2025Drugs Thorndale Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitehill Willow Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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