Total Crime Rate
76.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rectory Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Rawmarsh East , and the 401st highest crime rate of 870 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 Rectory Street (S62 6DJ) in the last 12 months was 76.0 per 1,000 residents and was 49.9% lower than the Rawmarsh East average (151.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rectory Street (S62 6DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 99 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawley Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rawmarsh East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Westfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goosebutt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hollybush Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Spalton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Goosebutt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goosebutt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Allt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Goosebutt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedgewood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedgewood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedgewood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadleigh Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Allt Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A633 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Westfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Terrace Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rockcliffe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A633 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A633 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bellows Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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