Total Crime Rate
223.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashworth Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Keppel , and the 99th highest crime rate of 870 local areas in Rotherham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashworth Drive (S61 3AJ) in the last 12 months was 223.4 per 1,000 residents and was 158.9% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 131.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 48.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashworth Drive (S61 3AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Shearman Avenue. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Keppel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abdy Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shearman Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandbergh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binders Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Binders Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Binders Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wellfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shearman Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shearman Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shearman Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Strafford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clover Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Remount Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Remount Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Redscope Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redscope Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sandbergh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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