Total Crime Rate
5264.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1649.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Drummond Street area has the highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the highest crime rate of 869 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 Drummond Street (S65 1HY) in the last 12 months was 5264.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1863.0% higher than the Boston Castle average (268.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 360 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 249 (≈ 1649.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Drummond Street (S65 1HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Henry Street, where police recorded 354 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridgegate (138 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rotherham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vicarage Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellgate Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Effingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Henry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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