Total Crime Rate

97.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 47.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Richmond Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Keppel , and the 334th highest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Richmond Road (S61 2JS) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% higher than the Keppel average (89.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Richmond Road (S61 2JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thornton Terrace, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winterhill Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Richmond Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Thornton Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clement Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thornton Terrace —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fox Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour South Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clement Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thornton Terrace —
Apr 2026Other theft Meadow Bank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winterhill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Jordan Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winterhill Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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