Crime Rates at Cottenham Road, Rotherham, S65 1LF

Cottenham Road area has the 66th lowest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 325th highest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cottenham Road (S65 1LF) in the last 12 months was 101.4 per 1,000 residents and was 62.2% lower than the Boston Castle average (268.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottenham Road (S65 1LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eldon Road, where police recorded 207 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hardwicke Road (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.