Total Crime Rate

116.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

62.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 116.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 62.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 18.0 6/10
  • Public order 12.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Other crime 8.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cannon Close area has the 17th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Kilnhurst & Swinton East , and the 274th highest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cannon Close (S62 5HT) in the last 12 months was 116.0 per 1,000 residents and was 45.8% higher than the Kilnhurst & Swinton East average (79.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 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 31 (≈ 62.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cannon Close (S62 5HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roundwood Court, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manor Place (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cannon Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ash Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Manor Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawthorne Avenue
Apr 2026Other crime Murray Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heatons Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Heatons Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heatons Bank
Apr 2026Drugs Roundwood Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roundwood Court
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Pottery Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rockingham Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Willow Garth
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marrion Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marrion Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rockingham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Beech Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bisby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bisby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bisby Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bisby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bisby Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bisby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bisby Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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