Total Crime Rate
170.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kimberworth Park Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Keppel , and the 145th highest crime rate of 870 local areas in Rotherham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kimberworth Park Road (S61 3JQ) in the last 12 months was 170.9 per 1,000 residents and was 98.0% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 83.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kimberworth Park Road (S61 3JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Morley Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ox Close Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Keppel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Byrley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ox Close Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kiln Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nearcroft Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nearcroft Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nearcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A629 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ox Close Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nearcroft Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Byrley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilding Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byrley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leybourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bower Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birks Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ox Close Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wilding Way | Under investigation |
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