Total Crime Rate

76.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 76.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Kimberworth Road area has the 56th lowest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 397th highest crime rate of 870 local areas in Rotherham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kimberworth Road (S61 1HG) in the last 12 months was 76.3 per 1,000 residents and was 70.9% lower than the Boston Castle average (261.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kimberworth Road (S61 1HG), the main crime hotspot is near Upper Clara Street. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kimberworth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Pitt Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferham Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Psalters Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Psalters Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Psalters Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Psalters Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Psalters Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Psalters Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilton Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradgate House Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadow Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Meadow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Psalters Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charnwood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradgate Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime North Pitt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Wortley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bradgate Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bradgate Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bradgate Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradgate Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Charnwood Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradgate Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradgate Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pitt Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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