Total Crime Rate

216.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

141.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 216.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 141.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 106.2 10/10
  • Other theft 22.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Public order 17.7 9/10
  • Robbery 17.7 10/10
  • Burglary 13.3 9/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ridgeway area has the 12th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Dalton & Thrybergh , and the 119th highest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ridgeway (S65 3PG) in the last 12 months was 216.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% higher than the Dalton & Thrybergh average (161.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 141.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridgeway (S65 3PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Greave Place, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coupland Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ridgeway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery High Greave Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coupland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cawthorne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cawthorne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mallory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Fretwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Fretwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coupland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coupland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farnworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson High Greave Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Woodgrove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs High Greave Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Greenfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Beckwith Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawksworth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hawksworth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hawksworth Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Greave Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farnworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mowbray Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mowbray Place Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Other theft Mowbray Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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