Total Crime Rate
56.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Claremont Street area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 344th lowest crime rate of 869 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 Claremont Street (S61 2LS) in the last 12 months was 56.6 per 1,000 residents and was 78.9% lower than the Boston Castle average (268.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Claremont Street (S61 2LS), the main crime hotspot is near Upper Clara Street. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rotherham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clara Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Psalters Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clara Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Upper Clara Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Upper Clara Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upper Clara Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Clara Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pitt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Clara Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Clara Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Clara Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Pitt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Clara Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Clara Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A6109 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowbank Close | — |
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