Total Crime Rate
73.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cranworth Road area has the 53rd lowest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 413th 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 Cranworth Road (S65 1LL) in the last 12 months was 73.6 per 1,000 residents and was 71.9% lower than the Boston Castle average (261.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranworth Road (S65 1LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Leonard'S Lane, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clifton Park Rise (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Boston Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cottenham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shakespeare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonard'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishopstoke Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Davis Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Leonard'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottenham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sumner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Road | — |
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