Total Crime Rate
442.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Rawmarsh East , and the 20th 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 High Street (S62 6NJ) in the last 12 months was 442.5 per 1,000 residents and was 191.8% higher than the Rawmarsh East average (151.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 120.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (S62 6NJ), 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 | Other crime | West Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bellows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chapel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedgewood Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other crime | Rockcliffe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bellows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellows Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Middle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bellows Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bellows Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
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