Total Crime Rate

420.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 420.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 131.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 126.5 10/10
  • Drugs 34.1 10/10
  • Public order 34.1 10/10
  • Other theft 29.2 10/10
  • Burglary 17.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.3 9/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Eldon Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Boston Castle , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 870 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 Eldon Road (S65 1RD) in the last 12 months was 420.9 per 1,000 residents and was 60.7% higher than the Boston Castle average (261.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 177.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 49.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eldon Road (S65 1RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eldon Road, where police recorded 182 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hardwicke Road (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Eldon Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hardwicke Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eldon Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Shakespeare Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eldon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eldon Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eldon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eldon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eldon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eldon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sumner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eldon Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hardwicke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Eldon Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hardwicke Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hardwicke Road
Sep 2025Other theft Hardwicke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hardwicke Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardwicke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cottenham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottenham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eldon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eldon Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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