Crime Rates at Roughwood Road, Rotherham, S61 3AD

Roughwood Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Keppel , and the 429th 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 Roughwood Road (S61 3AD) in the last 12 months was 72.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -65.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roughwood Road (S61 3AD), the main crime hotspot is near Shearman Avenue. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.