Total Crime Rate
283.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fitzwilliam Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fitzwilliam Road (S65 1PS) in the last 12 months was 283.9 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% higher than the Boston Castle average (268.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 110.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fitzwilliam Road (S65 1PS), 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.
View Crime In Rotherham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lindley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardwicke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardwicke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hardwicke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hardwicke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwicke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bramwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Eldon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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