Total Crime Rate

56.6 per 1,000 5/10 Β· Average

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.7 per 1,000 6/10 Β· Average

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 56.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 29.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pitt 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 Pitt Street (S61 2PD) 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 (β‰ˆ 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 Pitt Street (S61 2PD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Pitt Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft A6109 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Edale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Upper Clara Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Upper Clara Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Clara Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Clara Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Clara Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Pitt Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakdale Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Clara Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Clara Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Edale Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadowbank Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Edale Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Edale Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Clara Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Psalters Lane β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clara Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Clara Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadow Bank Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pitt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pitt Street β€”
Apr 2026Other theft Upper Clara Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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