Total Crime Rate
66.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hardie Close area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Hellaby & Maltby West , and the 399th lowest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hardie Close (S66 7JS) in the last 12 months was 66.1 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% lower than the Hellaby & Maltby West average (66.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hardie Close (S66 7JS), the main crime hotspot is near Birks Holt Drive. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rotherham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lee Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strauss Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birks Holt Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birks Holt Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birks Holt Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birks Holt Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lee Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birks Holt Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glencairn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strauss Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mortimer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Birks Holt Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sousa Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Attlee Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sousa Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cripps Close | Under investigation |
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