Total Crime Rate
216.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ridgeway 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.
View Crime In Rotherham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | High Greave Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coupland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cawthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cawthorne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mallory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fretwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fretwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coupland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coupland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Greave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodgrove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Greave Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beckwith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawksworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hawksworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawksworth Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Greave Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mowbray Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mowbray Place | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mowbray Place | Under investigation |
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