Total Crime Rate

101.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

30.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 30.4 6/10
  • Burglary 23.7 10/10
  • Other crime 13.5 10/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ridge 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 Ridge Road (S65 1PG) 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 Ridge Road (S65 1PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carlisle Street (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ridge Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/53)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spring Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dixon Street Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Robbery Elliott Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Elliott Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elliott Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selborne Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Stephen'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Lindley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Stephen'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Stephen'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nottingham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Carlisle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chatham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Chatham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Chatham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carlisle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carlisle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Denman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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