Total Crime Rate
116.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cannon 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.
View Crime In Rotherham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Manor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Murray Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heatons Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heatons Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heatons Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Roundwood Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roundwood Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pottery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockingham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Garth | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrion Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bisby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bisby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bisby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bisby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bisby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bisby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bisby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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