Total Crime Rate

245.5 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 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

Lyncroft Close 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 Lyncroft Close (S60 5PH) 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 Lyncroft Close (S60 5PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackbird Avenue, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rothbury Way (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lyncroft Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyncroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Gresham Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairburn Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitehill Drive —
Sep 2025Drugs Scammadine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thorndale Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackbird Avenue —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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