Total Crime Rate
137.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Masefield Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Hoober , and the 218th highest crime rate of 870 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 Masefield Road (S63 6NG) in the last 12 months was 137.2 per 1,000 residents and was 45.3% higher than the Hoober average (94.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (β 83.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 76.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Masefield Road (S63 6NG), the main crime hotspot is near Masefield Road. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hoober| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Tennyson Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Blake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Rise | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ruskin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Masefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Browning Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smiths Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lambert Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland View | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smiths Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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