Crime Rates at Roughwood Road, Rotherham, S61 3AD

Roughwood Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Keppel , and the 156th highest crime rate of 870 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 Roughwood Road (S61 3AD) in the last 12 months was 162.9 per 1,000 residents and was 88.7% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 117.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roughwood Road (S61 3AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shearman Avenue, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sidons Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.