Total Crime Rate

95.6 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 95.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.9 9/10
  • Public order 15.9 9/10
  • Burglary 12.0 9/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Benton Way area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Keppel , and the 326th highest crime rate of 870 local areas in Rotherham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Benton Way (S61 1QF) in the last 12 months was 95.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% higher than the Keppel average (86.3 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 , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 102.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Benton Way (S61 1QF), 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 Benton Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradgate Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradgate House Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charnwood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Charnwood Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fenton Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fenton Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Clara Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Upper Clara Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradgate Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradgate Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradgate Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bradgate Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bradgate Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bradgate Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wortley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime North Pitt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Pitt Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs A629 Under investigation
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Data Sources

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